Prism

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Prism: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Prism, Angle of Prism, Dispersive Power, Dispersion of Light in Prism, Condition for Minimum Deviation in Prism, Refractive Index Formula for Prism, Deviation by Prism and, Deviation versus Incident Angle Graph in Prism

Important Questions on Prism

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It is desired to make an achromatic combination of two lenses (L1 & L2) ω1 and ω2 (<ω1). If the combination of lenses is converging then

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Refractive index of a transparent material is

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The refractive indices of flint glass prism for violet, yellow and Red colours are 1.790, 1.795 and 1.805 respectively, find dispersive power of the flint glass. (upto five decimal places)

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A parallel beam of white light falls on a convex lens. Images of violet, yellow and orange light are formed on the other side of the lens at t distances 24 cm,30 cm and 32 cm respectively. What is the dispersive power of the material of the lens ? (Round off your answer upto two decimal places)

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Assertion : Dispersive power of an equilateral triangular prizm is greater than a thin lens if both are kept in air

Reason : Despersive power is β=nv-nrny-1 is valid only for thin prizm, but not valid for a lens

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For a material medium, the values of refractive index for violet and red colours are given as nv=1.56 and n=1.44. The dispersive power of a prism made out of this material is

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A light ray through a glass prism of angle 60° under goes a minimum deviation of 30°. What is the speed of light in the prism?
(Assume c= speed of light in air)

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Two lenses having focal lengths +10 cm and -15 cm when put in contact behave like convex lens. If they have zero longitudinal chromatic aberration, the ratio of dispersive powers is:

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Consider the four different cases of dispersion of light ray which has all the wavelengths from λ1 to λ2λ1>λ2. The dotted line represents the light ray of wavelength λavg . Which ray diagram is showing maximum dispersive power?

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Two identical prisms with slightly different indices are located as shown. Angle θ is small. When a laser beam strikes one of the prisms perpendicular to the surface, the refracted ray is deviated by a small angle ϕ. The difference between the indices of refraction of the prism in terms of θ and ϕ.

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A ray of light passes through an equilateral prism such that angle of incidence is equal to angle of emergence and the latter is equal to 34th of the angle of prism. The angle of deviation is (in

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Find angular dispersion due to glass prism of refracting angle  6°. Refractive index for red and violet light is given as 1.514 and 1.523 respectively. 

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What is the relation between i and e when a prism is in the position of minimum deviation? 

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If the yellow light is refracted by a prism at an angle of minimum deviation then-

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A ray passes through an equilateral glass prism such that i=e, which is 3/4 of the prism angle. Then deviation will be -

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A small angle prism (μ=1.62) gives a deviation of 4.8°. The angle of prism is

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If the retractive index vs wave length for a thin prism be as shown in figure. Then the graph of angle of deviation δ vs λ graph is best represented by

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Calculate the dispersive power for crown glass from the given data

μV=1.523 and μR=1.5145

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Two identical thin isosceles prisms of refracting angle 'A' and refractive index m are placed with their bases touching each other. Two parallel rays of light are incident on this system as shown. The distance of the point where the rays converge from the prism is


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A ray of light strikes a plane mirror at an angle of incidence 45o as shown in the figure. After reflection, the ray passes through a prism of refractive index 1.50, whose apex angle is 4o . The angle through which the mirror should be rotated if the total deviation of the ray is to be 90o is.
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