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Digital ACT Science Practice Question #1514

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A 632.8 nm red helium-neon laser passed through a diffraction grating (500 lines/mm): - Screen distance D = 1.0 m: Fringe distance y = 32.5 cm - Screen distance D = 2.0 m: Fringe distance y = 65.0 cm - Screen distance D = 3.0 m: Fringe distance y = 97.5 cm As the distance between the grating and screen increases, fringe separation:
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Distance D doubles -> fringe y doubles (32.5 to 65.0 cm).

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Y = m*lambda*D / d. Fringe separation y is directly proportional to screen distance D (32.5 -> 65.0 -> 97.5 cm)....

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