To explain: the object as shown in figure and its effect on white light as it passes through it.
Explanation of Solution
Introduction: the figure below shows a triangular prism. The white light passes through it and scatters into different lights known as visible light spectrum.
White light or visible light consists of several components of colors. These colors can be observed as white light passes through a prism. The white light gets separated into color components- violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red and is termed as VIBGYOR. This separation of visible light into different colors is known as dispersion.
Conclusion:
Thus, as white light passes through a prism it gets dispersed into several color components.
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