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Worksheet 15
Worksheet 15
Worksheet 15
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1 The diagram shows water waves passing through a gap.
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Which type of radiation will produce fringes which are the closest together? [1]
A blue light
B infrared radiation
C red light
D ultraviolet radiation
a Constructive interference occurs at point A. What is the path difference of the waves from
the gaps S1 and S2? [1]
b The water waves have a wavelength of 3.0 cm. Determine the path difference for
the waves arriving at point B. Name the type of interference taking place at this point. [3]
10 A microwave source is directed towards a metal plate with two narrow vertical slits. A receiver
is slowly moved along the line XY as shown in the diagram.
a Explain why the receiver registers a series of maxima and minima. [3]
b The wavelength of the microwaves is 2.8 cm. The separation between the slits is 4.0 cm
and the receiver is a distance of 80 cm from the slits. Calculate the separation between
adjacent maxima. [3]
c Describe the effect on your answer to b when:
i the separation between the slits is halved [1]
ii the distance between the slits and the receiver is doubled. [1]
11 Monochromatic light is incident normally at a diffraction grating with 60 lines per mm.
The tenth-order maximum is observed at an angle of 19°. Determine:
a the spacing (in metres) between the centres of the adjacent lines on the diffraction grating [2]
b the wavelength of incident light. [3]
12 Yellow light of wavelength 5.5 × 10−7 m is incident normally at a diffraction grating with
300 lines per mm. Calculate the angle between the first-order and second-order maxima. [5]
13 Blue light of wavelength 4.5 × 10−7 m is incident normally at a diffraction grating with
100 lines per mm. Calculate the maximum number of orders that can be observed. [4]
14 Answer the following questions with supporting calculations.
You are given a diffraction grating with 40 lines per mm.
a The diffraction grating is mounted on an instrument that can measure angles to within ±0.1°.
Can this instrument be used to determine the individual wavelengths of spectral lines of
wavelengths 589.6 nm and 589.0 nm? [6]
b White light is incident normally at the grating. Estimate the angle between the extreme
ends of the spectrum for the tenth-order maxima. [4]
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