A beam of white light is incident normally on a grating with 1,440 lines. per cm. The grating separates the light into its component colors. What is the angular separation of the first order red light (650 nm) and the second order blue light(450 nm) in degree? Enter a number with two digits behind the decimal point.

A beam of white light is incident normally on a grating with 1,440 lines. per cm. The grating separates the light into its component colors. What is the angular separation of the first order red light (650 nm) and the second order blue light(450 nm) in degree? Enter a number with two digits behind the decimal point.

College Physics

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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