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From Brewster's law, except for polished metallic surfaces, the polarising angle ______. -

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From Brewster's law, except for polished metallic surfaces, the polarising angle ______.

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  • depends on wavelength and is different for different colours.   

  • independent of wavelength and is different for different colours.

  • independent of wavelength and is same for different colours.

  • depends on wavelength and is same for different colours.

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Solution

From Brewster's law, except for polished metallic surfaces, the polarising angle depends on wavelength and is different for different colours.  

Explanation:

According to Brewster's law, tan ip = µ

Clearly, wavelength affects polarising angle, and wavelength varies for various light colours.

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