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Question
Give reason for the following:
A rock salt prism is used instead of a glass prism to obtain the infrared spectrum.
Solution
The infrared spectrum can be obtained only with the help of a rock-salt prism, since the rock-salt prism does not absorb infrared radiation, whereas a glass prism does.
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