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Blue light slows down the most and bends the most because it has a shorter wavelength compared to other colors in the visible spectrum. In a medium like glass or water, the speed of light is inversely proportional to the wavelength, so shorter wavelengths slow down more. When light enters a medium at an angle, it bends due to refraction, and this bending effect (refractive index) is greater for shorter wavelengths like blue light.

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Why light more bends when it passes through a diamond than it does through glass?

Light bends more when passing through a diamond compared to glass due to the difference in their refractive indices. Diamond has a higher refractive index than glass, which causes light to slow down and bend more as it moves through the material. This results in the brilliant sparkle and dispersion of light that diamonds are known for.


When light slows down it bends------- the normal?

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Why do diamonds refract light so well?

Diamonds have a high refractive index, meaning they bend and reflect light with minimal dispersion. This is due to their dense crystal structure and the way light slows down and bends when passing through them. The precise arrangement of carbon atoms in diamonds allows for the efficient bending of light, resulting in their brilliant sparkle and fire.


When light travels into a blank dense material it bends away fit the normal?

When light travels into a denser material, such as glass or water, it slows down and bends towards the normal, not away. This phenomenon is known as refraction.


When white light is refracted the amount that the light bends depends on what?

The medium. The denser the material the more light slows down as it enters. As it slows down the angle of refraction will be smaller than the angle of incidence and the ray will bend towards the normal. How much it bends will depend in the difference in speed which depends on the density of the material. The ratio between the 'speeds' is the refractive index. Look up refractive index and Snell's law.

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Why light more bends when it passes through a diamond than it does through glass?

Light bends more when passing through a diamond compared to glass due to the difference in their refractive indices. Diamond has a higher refractive index than glass, which causes light to slow down and bend more as it moves through the material. This results in the brilliant sparkle and dispersion of light that diamonds are known for.


When light slows down it bends------- the normal?

towards


Why do diamonds refract light so well?

Diamonds have a high refractive index, meaning they bend and reflect light with minimal dispersion. This is due to their dense crystal structure and the way light slows down and bends when passing through them. The precise arrangement of carbon atoms in diamonds allows for the efficient bending of light, resulting in their brilliant sparkle and fire.


When light travels into a blank dense material it bends away fit the normal?

When light travels into a denser material, such as glass or water, it slows down and bends towards the normal, not away. This phenomenon is known as refraction.


When white light is refracted the amount that the light bends depends on what?

The medium. The denser the material the more light slows down as it enters. As it slows down the angle of refraction will be smaller than the angle of incidence and the ray will bend towards the normal. How much it bends will depend in the difference in speed which depends on the density of the material. The ratio between the 'speeds' is the refractive index. Look up refractive index and Snell's law.


How can white light be separated into the colored lights of which it is composed?

White light can be separated into its component colors using a prism or diffraction grating. When white light passes through these materials, it is refracted or diffracted, causing the different colors to bend at different angles due to their varying wavelengths. This separation of colors, known as dispersion, results in the formation of a rainbow spectrum.


What phenomenon causes rainbow?

Rainbows are caused by the refraction, dispersion, and reflection of sunlight in raindrops. Sunlight enters a raindrop, refracts (bends), reflects off the inside surface of the raindrop, and then exits the raindrop. As the light exits, it is dispersed into its different colors, creating the rainbow effect.


Which wavelength of visible light bends the most when refracted by a prism?

When light passes through a prism, the angle of deviation of any light beam is inversely proportional to its wavelengh. Since, violet color has least wave length, it bends the most and the red bends the least.Dhirender Sharma


Splitting of white light is due to?

Light has a constant speed in a vacuum, however when it passes through a different medium (such as air, water etc) it is slowed down as a result of its interaction with matter. If the light enters a different medium on an angle then it bends. The degree to which light is slowed down depends on the wavelength of the light. White light is made of light from lots of different wavelengths (eg blue light, red light, green light). The different wavelengths (different colours) are slowed down different amounts so bend more/less causing the light to spread out.


What is the way the lens of the eye bends light rays the image produced by the lens is?

I'm not sure, but I think the answer is upside down.


What is dispersion of white light?

White is not a colour. It is sensed only by human eye. Actually white is a composite of many colours. Such a composite white light could be spilit up by using a triangular prism. This splitting of composite white light into its constituent colours is called dispersion.


Does light slow down when it travels through matter?

Yes, light does slow down when it travels through matter, as it interacts with atoms and molecules in the material. This slowing down of light is responsible for effects like refraction and dispersion.