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White light is made up of 7 colours. When put through a prism like a raindrop or a glass block, the 7 colours all travel at different speeds, because some slow down more than others. Thus, light is dispersed into it's spectrum
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What causes dispersion?
Dispersion, in physics, is the result of light refracting in a material. The different wavelengths of light will "bend" at different angles depending on their wavelength. As the refracted light approaches a critical angle at which all the light will be reflected instead of passing through the material the maximum amount bend that the light can achieve occurs. At this point the human eye can begin to perceive the different bends that each color experiences in the material. Dispersion, in statistics, is the extent to which values of a variable differ from a fixed value such as the mean.
What is the difference between Dispersion and Skewness?
distinguish between dispersion and skewness
What is dispersion and various measures of dispersion?
Dispersion is the act of spreading people or things (like seeds) out over a large area. Measures of dispersion tell us the degree of variation of values in a sample or population.
How does a prism work?
They refract light as the light enters through one side of the prism, at a certain angle, the glass that the prism is made of, decreases the speed of light. And so it bends. Then it hits the other face and emerges out, and that is when the dispersion happens and the white light splits into the spectrum of seven colours
What is natural dispersion?
Dense smoke from a forest fire - would disperse in the atmosphere. This would be an example of natural dispersion
What phenomenon causes of visible light to be separated by a prism?
Dispersion
What causes dispersion of white light?
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How does dispersion affect optical fiber?
Dispersion affects optical fibers in the sense that dispersion causes a disruption in the frequency of lights waves and can focus the wavelength nature of light.
Example of dispersion of light in nature?
example of dispersion of light
How is white light is made of colors?
By Dispersion Of light (We call the phenomenon of spiliting of white light into 7 colours as dispersion of light.).......... You Can use Prism.....
The scattering of light?
Scattering of light is called dispersion .
How is white light made-up of different colors?
By Dispersion Of light (We call the phenomenon of spiliting of white light into 7 colours as dispersion of light.).......... You Can use Prism.....
What is the name for when light is split up into the different colours of the spectrum?
That's " dispersion ".
When droplets of water in the atmosphere act like prisms the colors in sunlight undergo?
a phenomenon called dispersion. This causes the different wavelengths of light to separate, resulting in the formation of a rainbow. The droplets act as miniature prisms, bending and reflecting light to create the distinctive bands of colors.
Who invented dispersion of light?
newton
The separation of light into its spectrum is?
dispersion
What is white light split into to coloured light called?
Dispersion of light.
