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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:
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A parallel beam of light is incident from air at an angle α on the side PQ of a right-angled triangular prism of refractive index n=2. Light undergoes total internal reflection at the prism at the face PR when α has a minimum value of 45°. The angle θ of the prism is:

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Monochromatic light is incident on a glass prism of angle A. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is n, a ray incident at an angle θ, on the face AB would get transmitted through the face AC of the prism provided.

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A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right-angled prism. The refractive index of the material of the prism for the above red, green and blue wavelengths are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47, respectively. The prism will:

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A thin prism having refracting angle 10° is made of glass of refractive index 1.42. This prism is combined with another thin prism of glass of refractive index 1.7. This combination produces dispersion without deviation. The refracting angle of the second prism should be: