Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 28 - Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1005: 32

Answer

$258nm$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required minimum thickness of the soap film as follows: $t_{min}=\frac{m(\lambda)}{2n}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $t_{min}=\frac{(1(670\times 10^{-9}))}{2(1.30)}$ $t_{min}=257.69\times 10^{-9}m=258nm$
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