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Chapter 28 Problem 23P

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Problem 23P

A set of parallel slits for optical interference can be made by holding two razor blades together (carefully!) and scratching a pair of lines on a glass microscope slide that has been painted black. When monochromatic light strikes these slits at normal incidence, an interference pattern is formed on a distant screen. The thickness of each razor blade used to make the slits is 0.230 mm, and the screen is 2.50 m from the slits, if the center-to-center separation of the fringes is 7.15 mm, what is the wavelength of the light?

Solution

Step 1 of 3

Here, we have to calculate the wavelength of the light.

The equation for the maxima

The equation for the separation of the fringes

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

A set of parallel slits for optical interference can be

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