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A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right-angled prism. The refractive indices of the material of the prism for the red, green and blue wavelengths are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 respectively. The prism will

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a

Separate the red colour from the green and blue colours

b

Separate the blue colour from the red and green colours

c

Separate all the three colours from one another

d

Not separate even partially any colour from the other two colours

answer is A.

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The colour for which i>θc  , will get total internal reflection:
 

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i>0c   or  sini>sinθc
or  sin450>1μ   or   12>1μ
or for which μ>2 or  μ>1.414
Hence, the rays for which μ>1.414 will get TIR.
For green and blue μ>1.414  , so they will suffer TIR on face AC, only red comes out from this face.
 

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A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right-angled prism. The refractive indices of the material of the prism for the red, green and blue wavelengths are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 respectively. The prism will