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Find the dispersive power of flint glass. The refractive indices of flint glass for red, yellow and violet light are 1.613, 1.620 and 1.632 respectively.

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`omega=(mu_v-mu_r)/(mu_y-1)=(1.632-1.613)/(1.620-1)=0.031`
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