PRISMS [Glass, Perspex]: Variety

PRISMS [Glass, Perspex]: Variety

•  A variety of glass prisms for use in spectrometers and optical light boxes including:
Triangular  |  Glass  |  Perspex  |  Solid  |  Hollow.
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(Wikipedia excerpt:  .."...An optical Prism [P] is a transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that are designed to refract light. At least one surface must be angled — elements with two parallel surfaces are not [P] . The most familiar type of optical [P] is the triangular [P] , which has a triangular base and rectangular sides. Not all optical [P] are geometric [P] , and not all geometric [P] would count as an optical [P] . [P] can be made from any material that is transparent to the wavelengths for which they are designed. Typical materials include glass, acrylic and fluorite.

A dispersive [P] can be used to break white light up into its constituent spectral colors (the colors of the rainbow) to form a spectrum as described in the following section. Other types of [P] noted below can be used to reflect light, or to split light into components with different polarizations....").

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