Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 8E
Violet light of 425 nm is reflected from a thin film of air between two glass plates. The thickness of the film is 1.70 µm (1700 nm).
a. How much farther does the light reflected from the bottom surface of the film travel than that reflected from the top surface?
b. How many
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