Consider an experiment using a diffraction grating with 7000lines/cm, a screen 2.5m away, and a 440nm wavelength beam of light. A. How many side maxima will be observed on one side of the central maximum? B. How far apart in the screen are the first order and second order maxima on the same side of the central maximum?

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Consider an experiment using a diffraction grating with 7000lines/cm, a screen 2.5m away, and a 440nm wavelength beam of light. A. How many side maxima will be observed on one side of the central maximum? B. How far apart in the screen are the first order and second order maxima on the same side of the central maximum?

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Number of lines in 1 cm = 7000 distance between the screen and grating (D)= 2.5 m wavelength = 440 nm 

 

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