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White light goes from air through a glass slab with parallel surfaces. Will its colors be dispersed when it emerges from the glass?

White light goes from air through a glass slab with parallel surfaces. Will its colors be dispersed when it emerges from the glass?

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White light goes from air through a glass slab with parallel surfaces. Will its colors be dispersed when it emerges from the glass?
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Introduction:
  • The speed of light depends on the medium it is traveling in. The speed of light will be slower in an optically dense medium.

 

  • When light moves from one medium to another due to the change in speed the path of the light will change. This is known as refraction.

 

  • The amount of refraction also depends on the wavelength. Thus the light of different wavelengths will be refracted differently.
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