When a beam of white light passes perpendicularly through a flat pane of glass, it is not dispersed into a spectrum. Why not?
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When white light enters the glass at a perpendicular angle, all the different wavelengths (colors) of light are refracted by the same amount, since the angle of incidence is 0 degrees. Show more…
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