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Chapter 24, Problem 55P
A uniform thin film of alcohol (n= 1.36) lies on a flat glass plate (n= 1.56). When monochromatic light, whose wavelength can be changed, is incident normally, the reflected light is a minimum for λ=525nm and a maximum for λ= 655 nm What is the minimum thickness of the film?
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