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Question
Answer the following:
What do you mean by dispersion? Name the different colours of light in the proper sequence in the spectrum of light.
Solution
- The phenomenon of splitting of light into its component colours is called dispersion of light.
- In the spectrum of light splitting of white light into different colours takes place. Various colours obtained in spectrum of light are in the sequence - Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and red.
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