NEET-XII-Physics

20: dispersion and Spectra

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    The focal lengths of a convex lens for red, yellow and violet rays are 100 cm, 98 cm and 96 cm respectively. Find the dispersive power of the material of the lens.
    Ans : Focal lengths of the convex lens:
    For red rays, `` {f}_{r}=100\,\mathrm{\,cm\,}``
    For yellow rays, `` {f}_{y}=98\,\mathrm{\,cm\,}``
    For violet rays, `` {f}_{v}=96\,\mathrm{\,cm\,}``
    Let:
    `` {\mu }_{r}`` = Refractive index for the red colour
    `` {\mu }_{y}`` = Refractive index for the yellow colour
    `` {\mu }_{v}`` = Refractive index for the violet colour
    Focal length of a lens `` \left(f\right)`` is given by
    `` \frac{1}{f}=\left(\mu -1\right)\left(\frac{1}{{R}_{1}}-\frac{1}{{R}_{2}}\right)``
    Here, `` \mu `` is the refractive index and R1 and R2 are the radii of curvatures of the lens.
    Thus, we have:
    `` \left(\mu -1\right)=\frac{1}{f}\times \frac{1}{\left({\displaystyle \frac{1}{{R}_{1}}}-{\displaystyle \frac{1}{{R}_{2}}}\right)}``
    `` \Rightarrow \left(\mu -1\right)=\frac{k}{f}\left[k=\frac{1}{\left({\displaystyle \frac{1}{{R}_{1}}}-{\displaystyle \frac{1}{{R}_{2}}}\right)}\right]``
    For red rays, `` {\mu }_{r}-1=\frac{k}{100}``
    For yellow rays, `` {\,\mathrm{\,\mu \,}}_{y}-1=\frac{k}{98}``
    For violet rays, `` {\,\mathrm{\,\mu \,}}_{v}-1=\frac{k}{96}``
    Dispersive power (ω) is given by
    `` \omega =\frac{{\,\mathrm{\,\mu \,}}_{v}-{\,\mathrm{\,\mu \,}}_{r}}{{\,\mathrm{\,\mu \,}}_{y}-1}``
    `` \,\mathrm{\,Or\,},\omega =\frac{({\,\mathrm{\,\mu \,}}_{v}-1)-({\,\mathrm{\,\mu \,}}_{r}-1)}{({\,\mathrm{\,\mu \,}}_{y}-1)}``
    Substituting the values, we get:
    `` \omega =\frac{{\displaystyle \frac{k}{96}}-{\displaystyle \frac{k}{100}}}{{\displaystyle \frac{k}{98}}}=\frac{98\times 4}{9600}``
    `` \Rightarrow \omega =0.0408``
    Thus, the dispersive power of the material of the lens is 0.048.
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