What is the cause of dispersion?

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asked Jan 21, 2018 in Physics by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 382 1022

What is the cause of dispersion?

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answered Jan 21, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 21
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All colors of light travel at the szrme speed in a vacuum. When these enter a transparent substance like a prism, all slow down by different amounts depending on their wavelength. As these slow down by different amounts, different colours are refracted through different angles.

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