PIRA 6F30.00 DISPERSION

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONABSTRACT
6F30.00Dispersion
6F30.10dispersion curve of a prism
6F30.10dispersion curve of a prismLight passes through a grating and then through a second slit at right angles and a prism generating a dispersion curve in color on the screen.
6F30.15deviation with no dispersionLight passed through oppositely pointed crown and flint glass prisms adjusted to give light deviated in two directions but with no dispersion.
6F30.20dispersion with no deviationLight passes through prisms of crown and flint glass adjusted to give two beams of the same dispersion but different deviation.
6F30.30anomalous dispersion of fuchsinOvercoming the difficulties of showing anomalous dispersion with fuchsin.
6F30.30anomalous dispersion of sodiumAn absorption cell for the anomalous dispersion of sodium is described. Diagrams, Construction details in appendix, p.1354.
6F30.31bending dark absorption line of NaWhen salt is heated on a flame in the path of a narrow beam of light before dispersion, the edges of the spectrum close to the dark band bend up or down.
6F30.50optical ceramics: dispersionA custom fabricated prism made from LaSFN-9 glass shows a cutoff between transmission and total internal reflection that can be tuned through the visible spectrum by turning the prism.

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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