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Past exam of the physics 2 paper of the University of Oxford 2013 9 ii Solution by
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The result need not be the same. Optical dispersion changes the refractive index with wavelength. Under normal dispersion, the blue-light index is larger, changing the refracted rays and generally reducing the visible fraction in the one-interface model. The blue indices of both water and glass are not specified; they may also differ from each other, introducing refraction at their interface. Thus no unique numerical blue-light fraction follows from the red-light value alone.
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