A soap bubble with walls 402 nm thick floats in air. If this bubble is illuminated perpendicularly with sunlight, what wavelength of visible light will be absent in the reflected light? Assume that the index of refraction of the soap film is 1.33.
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Given: Thickness of soap bubble film (d) = 402 nm Index of refraction of soap film (n) = 1.33 Using the formula for destructive interference in thin films: 2nd = m * λ Where: 2nd = thickness of film in the medium (2 * 402 nm) m = order of interference (m = 1 for Show more…
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