Chromatic Aberration in Lenses – Rankers Physics
Topic: Ray Optics
Subtopic: Lens Makers Formula/ Len's Formula

Chromatic Aberration in Lenses

Assertion (A): If an object placed on the optic axis of a lens is illuminated by white light, then image formed will be coloured and not exactly white.
Reason (R): The lens has different focal lengths for different colours.
 
Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

Assertion (A) is true due to chromatic aberration. Reason (R) is true and correctly explains (A) because the refractive index of lens material varies with wavelength, causing different focal lengths for different colors.

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