alleryStart learning →Newton showed with lenses and prisms that white light consists of:
ARainbow colours combined
BA single pure wavelength
COnly invisible radiation
DSound waves in disguise
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Rainbow colours combined
1. In the seventeenth century Isaac Newton performed experiments with lenses and prisms.
2. He was able to demonstrate that white light consists of the individual colours of the rainbow combined together.
3. A prism separates those colours because each is refracted by a different amount.
4. He explained his optics findings in terms of a corpuscular view of light.
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 'Electronic Structure and Periodic Properties of Elements', sections 6.1-6.5_
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