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Can a surface be polished for some waves and not for
Chapter 30, Problem 7RCQ(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Can a surface be considered polished for some waves and not for others? Give an example.
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QUESTION:
Can a surface be considered polished for some waves and not for others? Give an example.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
When light is incident to a rough (irregular ) surface with elevations, light is reflected from this surface in all directions; this is called diffuse reflection. For a certain wavelength of light, a surface is considered to be polished if the gap between two elevations is less than one eighth of that wavelength.