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Understanding Light Waves and Spectrum

This document discusses the properties of light and how it is dispersed through a prism. It explains that: 1) When light passes through a prism, it is refracted and dispersed into the colors of the visible spectrum (ROYGBIV) due to differences in wavelength. 2) White light is made up of all the colors of the visible spectrum combined, and when dispersed the colors can be measured by their wavelengths in meters. 3) Isaac Newton discovered that white light is made up of different colors through experiments with prisms, concluding that white light is dispersed into a spectrum of seven colors.

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Understanding Light Waves and Spectrum

This document discusses the properties of light and how it is dispersed through a prism. It explains that: 1) When light passes through a prism, it is refracted and dispersed into the colors of the visible spectrum (ROYGBIV) due to differences in wavelength. 2) White light is made up of all the colors of the visible spectrum combined, and when dispersed the colors can be measured by their wavelengths in meters. 3) Isaac Newton discovered that white light is made up of different colors through experiments with prisms, concluding that white light is dispersed into a spectrum of seven colors.

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