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Description
Introducing our captivating Acrylic Optical Experiment Set that includes a variety of optical devices such as triangular prisms, convex lenses, and concave mirrors. This educational toy is designed to inspire young minds and foster essential skills such as creativity, real-world application, persistence, patience, confidence building, teamwork, and collaboration.
The triangular prism, a key component of this set, is an optical device typically made of transparent materials like glass or plastic, featuring three flat surfaces. Resembling a triangle with 90-degree angles, the prism has the remarkable ability to disperse light into different colors or combine different colors into a single beam of light.
When light passes through the prism, it undergoes refraction and reflection, causing light of different wavelengths to deviate at different angles. This phenomenon is known as dispersion. As a result, when white light passes through the prism, it is dispersed into a range of colors, creating a beautiful rainbow spectrum.
In addition to dispersion, the triangular prism can also be used to change the direction or angle of light. When light passes through one of the prism's surfaces, it undergoes refraction, altering its direction. If the light is incident on the prism's surface at a sufficiently large angle, it undergoes total internal reflection, bouncing back completely—an intriguing phenomenon known as total reflection.
Triangular prisms find wide applications in scientific experiments, optical measurements, spectrum analysis, and various optical instruments and devices. They are also commonly used in educational and artistic settings to showcase the properties of light and create fascinating visual effects.
Our prism kit includes 8 prisms of different shapes, allowing you to conduct experiments and explore how different prism shapes affect light refraction. Encourage your child's curiosity and delve into the wonders of optics while acquiring valuable knowledge!
| Set Includes | Material |
|---|---|
| 8 PCS | Acrylic |
