A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on an isosceles right angled prism as shown in the figure. The refractive indices of the material of the prism for red, green and blue colours are 1.39 , 1.43 and 1.47 respectively. The prism will

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A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on an isosceles right angled prism as shown in the figure. The refractive indices of the material of the prism for red, green and blue colours are 1.39 , 1.43 and 1.47 respectively. The prism will, separate red colour from green and blue colours., separate blue colour from red and green colours, separate green colour from, red and blue colours., separate all the three colours from one another

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Refractive index and critical angle are related as, μ = 1 sin ⁡ c If the critical angle is 45 ° , μ = 1 sin ⁡ 45 ° = 2 μ = 1.414 Therefore green and blue undergo total internal reflection while red gets transmitted through the prism.

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