Multiple Choice
A beam of light that consists of a mixture of red,green and violet light strikes a prism (surrounded by air) as shown.Indices of refraction for this prism for the various colors are indicated in the table.An observer is located to the right of the prism as shown.
-Which physical phenomenon is illustrated by the fact that the emerging rays are spread into the component colors of the beam?
A) Doppler effect
B) dispersion
C) diffraction
D) total internal reflection
E) interference
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