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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
24
The Wave Nature of Light
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24-3: Double-Slit Interference
24-4: Visible Spectrum; Dispersion
24-5: Single-Slit Diffraction
24-6 and 24-7: Diffraction Gratings
24-8: Thin-Film Interference
24-9: Michelson Interferometer
24-10: Polarization

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 51
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If the wedge between the glass plates of Example 24–10 is filled with some transparent substance other than air— say, water—the pattern shifts because the wavelength of the light changes. In a material where the index of refraction is nn, the wavelength is λn=λ/n\lambda_n = \lambda/n, where λ\lambda is the wavelength in vacuum (Eq. 24–1). How many dark bands would there be if the wedge of Example 24–10 were filled with water?

A
33 dark bands, including the one at the point of contact.
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