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Explain the phenomenon of dispersion of white light through a glass prism, using suitable ray diagram.

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Dispersion of light through a prism is the phenomenon of splitting of white light into its constituent colours on passing through the prism.The cause of dispersion is that different colours have different wavelengths.Therefore, they bend through different angles on passing through the prism.
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