Dispersion of light
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After learning about dispersion of light, students can identify that dispersion is the separation of visible light into its constituent colors, such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Dispersion occurs when light passes through a dispersive medium like a prism or raindrops, which break up white light into a rainbow spectrum.
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Dispersion of light
- 1. BY GROUP II OF PHISICS
- 2. After learnt this lesson, student able to identify the principle of dispersion of light.
- 3. Dispersion of light can be defined as the separation of a visible light beam into its constituent colors. For example red, oranges, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet colors are obtained when a white light beam is dispersed.
- 4. Dispersion of light happens when a light beam passes through a dispersive medium such as a prism.
- 6. A rainbow is formed when light is dispersed through raindrops.