Which material is a prism made from so that the light passes and changes into different colours ?

Academic Physics NCERT Class 7

A prism can be made of transparent glass or plastic.

A prism transmits light but it bends the light. It bends different colors differently. So light is split into different colors when it passes through a prism. This process is called the dispersion of light.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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