11. Differentiate between refraction of light and dispersion of light.

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Cocowalla · Answer 1 · 2021-12-20T00:06:07+0000

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Refraction refers to any bending of waves due to a change in speed. In the case of light being refracted by a prism, dispersion means that the higher the frequency light bends more. In short, Refraction is the bending of light and Dispersion is the frequency dependece of this behaviour.

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