COMEDK · Physics · 25. Ray Optics
Rainbow is formed due to
- A refiaction
- B dispersion and total internal reflection
- C total internal reflection
- D scattering
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(B) dispersion and total internal reflection
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Tiny water droplets suspended in air have greater density than air. The sunlight when changes medium, undergoes total internal reflection through these droplets thereby splitting in its component colours (since wavelength of each colour is different) and hence, results in…
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