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A glass prism with a ray of white light being split into the colours of the spectrum.

A prism is a transparent solid block with a triangular base.

Prisms show how white light is made of many different colours.

The different colours all refract by a different amount, causing them to split.

When white light enters a prism it is split into a spectrum of 7 colours:


A diagram of a prism showing how white light is made of the 7 colours of the spectrum.

A glass prism with a ray of white light being split into the colours of the spectrum.

A prism is a transparent solid block with a triangular base.

Prisms show how white light is made of many different colours.

Prisms can be used in spectroscope to perform a chemical analysis.

The different colours all refract by a different amount, causing them to split.

When white light enters a prism it is split into a spectrum of 7 colours:


A diagram of a prism showing how white light is made of the 7 colours of the spectrum.

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+===References===
+====AQA====
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158770/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158770&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ec31595e720e1529e49876c3866fff6e ''Prism, page 226, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
+:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Prisms, pages 26, 205, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']