Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text
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Chapter 27, Problem 68P
Iridescent peacock feathers are shown in Figure P27.68a (page 938). The surface of one microscopic barbule is composed of transparent keratin that supports rods of dark brown melanin in a regular lattice, represented in Figure P27.68b. (Your fingernails are made of keratin, and melanin is the dark pigment giving color to human skin.) In a portion of the feather that can appear turquoise (blue-green), assume the melanin rods are uniformly separated by 0.25 μm, with air between them. (a) Explain how this structure can appear turquoise when it contains no blue or green pigment. (b) Explain how it can also appear violet if light falls on it in a different direction. (c) Explain how it can present different colors to your two eyes simultaneously, which is a characteristic of iridescence. (d) A compact disc can appear to be any color of the rainbow. Explain why the portion of the feather in Figure P27.68b cannot appear yellow or red. (e) What could be different about the array of melanin rods in a portion of the feather that does appear to be red?
Figure P27.68 (a) Iridescence in peacock feathers. (b) Microscopic section of a feather showing dark melanin rods in a pale keratin matrix.
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