A certain kind of glass has nblue = 1.650 for blue light and nred = 1.610 for red light. If a beam of white light (containing all colors) is incident at an angle of 30.0º, what is the angle between the red and blue light inside the glass

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Answer:

angle between the red and blue = 1.26°  

Explanation:

given data

Refractive index  For blue = 1.650

Refractive index   For red = 1.610

Incident angle = 30°

solution

we will Use here  Snell's law  that is express as

[tex]\frac{\sin{i}}{\sin{r}}[/tex]   =   n      .................1

so we get here refraction angle for both blue and red

so for blue ray it will be put value in equation 1

[tex]\dfrac{\sin{i}}{\sin{r_{b}}} = n(blue)[/tex]    

[tex]\frac{\sin{30}}{\sin{r_{b}}}[/tex]   =   1.650

[tex]sin({r_{b}})[/tex]   = 0.3030

[tex]{r_{b}}[/tex]  =  17.64°

and

for red ray it will be put value in equation 1

[tex]\frac{\sin{30}}{\sin{r_{r}}}[/tex]   = 1.610

[tex]\sin({r_{r}} )[/tex] =  0.3105

[tex]r_{r}[/tex]   = 18.09°

so

angle between the red and blue will be as

angle between the red and blue = [tex]r_{r} - {r_{b}}[/tex]    ................2

put here value

angle between the red and blue = 18.09° - 17.64°

angle between the red and blue = 1.26°