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Find the angular dispersion between red and blue rays of light produced by a flint glass prism of refracting angle 6°. The refractive indices of flint glass for red and blue light are 1.644 and 1.664 respectively.

Important Questions on Refraction and Dispersion of Light through a Prism

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The refractive indices for light of violet, yellow and red colours for glass are respectively 1.632, 1.620 and 1.613. Find the dispersive power of glass.
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The deviation produced for violet, yellow and red lights for crown glass are 3.75°, 3.25° and 2.86° respectively. Calculate the dispersive power of the crown glass.
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Calculate dispersive power of a transparent material given: nV=1.56, nR=1.54, nY=1.55.
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The refractive indices of a material for red, violet and yellow lights are 1.52, 1.62 and 1.59 respectively. Calculate the dispersive power of the material. If the mean deviation is 40°, then will be the angular dispersion produced by a prism of this material?
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The refractive index of the material of a prism is 2 and the angle of the prism is 30°. On of the two refracting surfaces of the prism is made a mirror inwards, by silver coating. A beam of monochromatic light entering the prism from the other face will retrace its path (after reflection from the silvered surface) if its angle of incidence on the prism is:
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In an experiment for determination of the refractive index of a glass of a prism by i-δ, plot, it was found that a ray incident at an angle 35°, suffers minimum deviation of 40° and that it emerges at an angle 79°. In that case which of the following is closest to the maximum possible value of the refractive index?
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The refracting angle of a prism is A and the refractive index of its material is cot A2. The angle of minimum deviation is:
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The angle of incidence for a ray of light at a refracting surface of a prism is 45°. The angle of prism is 60°. If the ray suffers deviation through the prism, the angle of minimum deviation and refractive index of the material of the prism respectively, are: