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What causes the dispersion of white light by a prism?
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Optics › Prisms and Dispersion of Light
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What causes the dispersion of white light by a prism?
The prism adds colours to white light
The colours reflect off different faces
The prism absorbs some colours
Each colour travels at a different speed in glass, so each bends by a different amount
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