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Why vaccum is a non-dispersive medium?

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In vacuum, the speed of light is independent of wavelength. The refractive index of the medium for any colours is unity. Therefore vaccum is a non dispersive medium.
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  2. Draw a neat diagram to show dispersion of light in a prism.

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  8. Draw a neat labeled diagram of a prism.

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  18. An extended object is placed at the principal focus of a lens. Where w...

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  19. State Snell's law of refraction of light?

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