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Give reason for the following:
A rock salt prism is used instead of a glass prism to obtain the infrared spectrum.
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A rock salt prism is used instead of a glass prism to obtain the infrared spectrum because the rock salt prism does not absorb the infrared radiations, whereas a glass prism absorbs them.
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