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soldier1979
1 month ago
12

Blue light, which has a wavelength of about 475 nm, is made to pass through a slit of a diffraction grating that has 425 lines p

er mm and forms a first-order bright band. What is the angle of diffraction? Round answer to the nearest whole number.
Physics
2 answers:
Yuliya22 [3.3K]1 month ago
8 0
The equation that connects the various variables is:

distance between lines * sin(angle of diffraction) = order of band * wavelength

dsin(∅) = nλ

To calculate the spacing between the lines, we can use the information that there are 425 lines per mm, and since 1 mm is equivalent to 0.001 m, we find

d = 0.001 / 425 = 2.35 x 10⁻⁶ m
The wavelength is λ = 475 x 10⁻⁹ m

By substituting these values,

2.35 x 10⁻⁶ * sin(∅) = 1 * 475 x 10⁻⁹
∅ = 11.7°


Thus, the angle for the first-order bright band, or maxima, is 11.7°
Keith_Richards [3.2K]1 month ago
4 0

round your answer to 12

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