College Physics (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 25 - Section 25.5 - Gratings - Checkpoint - Page 960: 25.5

Answer

The intensity will vary gradually between maxims and minims, and the maxims are narrow.

Work Step by Step

The maxima due to grating are much brighter which create constructive interference due to many slits rather than just two slits. The widths of the maxima are inversely proportional to the number of slits, so for a grating with many slits; the maxima are very narrow.
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