One Problem with Using a Glass Prism to Produce a Spectrum

question 173

Multiple Choice

One problem with using a glass prism to produce a spectrum from white light is that

• A) glass absorbs almost all of the infrared in the white light.
• B) glass absorbs almost all of the ultraviolet in the white light.
• C) blue and violet do not spread out very much as a result of passing through the prism.
• D) red is absorbed more than is the rest of the spectrum.

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