if light passes through a prism or some other obsticle, is it "injured" from this or does it just go on divided in each of the color spectrums?
2007-10-29 03:54:48 · 2 answers · asked by ? 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It's being decomposed, not injured.
A 'white' light is composed of many frequencies hence is the term spectrum meaning a continuum of colors. Each color has it's own particular frequency. Each frequency as it passes through a will pass with speed
c=Lv
c- speed of light
L - wavelength
v - frequency
When it enters a different medium the light gets refracted and while its frequency remains unchanged its wavelength changes
n=L0/L where
n-index of refraction
L0 - wavelength in vacuum (air is close)
L - wavelength in the medium
When a white light passes trough a prism its components have different angles of refraction and made to split up with no change in energy and therefore no 'injury'.
2007-10-29 03:57:45 · answer #1 · answered by Edward 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its not injured
2007-10-29 12:16:29 · answer #2 · answered by stuartelliott797 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋