Q. When white light enters a prism, it gets split into its constituent colours. This is due to
A) High density of prism material
B) Because $\mu$ is different for different $\lambda$
C) Diffraction of light
D) Velocity changes for different frequencies
Explanation
(b) For different colours $\mu$ change so deviation of different colour’s also different
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