When white light goes through the prism, it splits into a spectrum. Why red rays refract less and purple rays most of all?

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Ashley H
Mar 11, 2018

This is because after refraction from the 2nd surface of prism,angle of refraction #theta prop nu#,where #nu# is frequency of light wave.

Now,purple light has the higher frequency of visible light so it bends the most whereas red light has the least frequency and bending is the least.

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