The hydrogen spectrum has a red line at 656 nm and a violet line at 434 nm. What angular separation between these two spectral lines is obtained with a diffraction grating that has 4324 lines/cm? (Assume that the light is incident normally on the grating.) first order separation second order separation third order separation

The hydrogen spectrum has a red line at 656 nm and a violet line at 434 nm. What angular separation between these two spectral lines is obtained with a diffraction grating that has 4324 lines/cm? (Assume that the light is incident normally on the grating.) first order separation second order separation third order separation

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Chapter27: Wave Optics

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