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Murrr4er [49]
3 years ago
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What causes dispersion of light?​

Physics
1 answer:
AysviL [449]3 years ago
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Dispersion occurs due to the different degrees of refraction experienced by different colours of light. Light of different colours may travel with the same speed in a vacuum, but they travel at different speeds in some refracting medium. The speed of violet light is relatively lower than that of red light.
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