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What happens to light inside of a prism

What happens to light inside of a prism
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What happens to light inside of a prism

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the white light is separated into its component colors - red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet. The separation of visible light into its different colors is known as dispersion.
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If light pass through a prism, it will undergone a process called dispersion.
Dispersion refers to a phenomenon when a certain electromagnetic wavelength is separated into different constituencies.
When light enter prism, it will bend and separated which creates various colors as it passed through.
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