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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 65
Q

A piece of material, suspected of being a stolen diamond (n = 2.42), is submerged in oil of refractive index 1.43 and illuminated by unpolarized light. It is found that the reflected light is completely polarized at an angle of 6262 ^\circ. Is it diamond? Explain.

A
no, this is not diamond since the index of refraction is not 2.42
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