Physics: Principles and Problems
Physics: Principles and Problems
9th Edition
Elliott, Haase, Harper, Herzog, Margaret Zorn, Nelson, Schuler, Zitzewitz
ISBN: 9780078458132
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Page 523: Section Review

Exercise 10
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Here we have only the first reflection.

What we need here is the thickness of the thinnest soap film, $n=1.33$, considering the appearance of a bright stripe. The light that is used in this problem has a wavelength $lambda=5.75times10^{-7}text{ m}$

Step 2
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The definition of thickness when black stripe appears is

$$
begin{align}
d=frac{1}{2}cdotleft(m+frac{1}{2} right)cdotfrac{lambda}{n_f}
end{align}
$$

Step 3
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For a thinnest film $m=0$, but for the second thinnest width of a film $m=1$. So, we have

$$
begin{align}
d&=frac{1}{2}cdotleft(1+frac{1}{2} right)cdotfrac{5.75times10^{-7}text{ m}}{1.33} \
&boxed{d=3.24times 10^{-7}m}
end{align}
$$

Result
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$$
d=3.24times 10^{-7}m
$$
Exercise 11
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When monochromatic red light encounters a slit, it diffracts and the wave bends. This happens on each slit, so two waves bend and interfere with each other.

The bright band appears in the places where two waves interfere constructively and the dark band where two waves interfere destructively.

Exercise 12
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Exercise 14
Step 1
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$a)$ The light ray goes through the air, $n=1$, and hits the plastic film, $n_f=1.83$. Here the first reflection and phase inversion happens because $n<n_f$.

Another situation is when ray goes through a film and hits the air. Since $n<n_f$, on the second reflection there is no phase inversion.

We need to find the thinnest film that reflects yellow-green light.

Step 2
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Let’s start with known equation

$$
begin{align}
d=frac{1}{2}cdotleft(m+frac{1}{2} right)cdotfrac{lambda}{n_f}
end{align}
$$

Step 3
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For a thinnest film $m=0$. So, we have

$$
begin{align}
d&=frac{1}{2}cdot 1cdotfrac{5.55times10^{-7}text{ m}}{1.83} \
&boxed{d=7.58times 10^{-8}m}
end{align}
$$

Step 4
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$b)$ For the second thinnest width of a film $m=1$. So, we have

$$
begin{align}
d&=frac{1}{2}cdotleft(1+frac{1}{2} right)cdotfrac{5.55times10^{-7}text{ m}}{1.83} \
&boxed{d=2.27times 10^{-7}m}
end{align}
$$

Result
5 of 5
$a)$ $d=7.58times 10^{-8}m$

$b)$ $d=2.27times 10^{-7}m$

Exercise 15
Step 1
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Small-angle approximation for $sin$ and $tan$

$$
begin{align}
sintheta&approxtheta \
tantheta&approxtheta \
sintheta&approxtantheta
end{align}
$$

is defined up to $9.91^{circ}$.

Step 2
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If we increase precision in our approximation, we need to add more elements in it so it becomes

$$
begin{align}
sintheta&approxtheta-frac{theta^3}{3!}+frac{theta^5}{5!}-… \
tantheta&approxtheta-frac{theta^2}{2!}+frac{theta^4}{4!}-… \
end{align}
$$

So the angle changes to $2.99^{circ}$

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