EASY
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Earn 100

The spectrum of sodium includes two lines at wavelength 588.995 nm and 589.592nm. A sodium lamp is viewed by a diffraction grating that just manages to resolve these two lines in the third-order at 12°. Determine

a. The slit spacing d of the grating.

Important Questions on Wave Phenomena (HL)

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IMPORTANT

The spectrum of sodium includes two lines at wavelength 588.995 nm and 589.592nm. A sodium lamp is viewed by a diffraction grating that just manages to resolve these two lines in the third order at 12°. Determine

b. The total number of ruling on the grating.

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A diffraction grating is 5.0mm wide and has 600 lines per mm. A beam of light containing a range of wavelengths is incident on the grating. The average wavelength is 550nm. Determine the least wavelength range that can be resolved in the second order.
MEDIUM
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You can increase the resolving power by increasing the order m or the number of lines N. Suggest whether these two ways are equivalent.
HARD
Diploma
IMPORTANT

Explain, with the help of diagrams, the Doppler's effect. Shows clearly the cases of source that 

a. Moves towards and 

b. Goes away from a stationary observer.

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A source approaches a stationary observer at  40m/s emitting sound of frequency 500Hz

a. Determine the frequency the observer measure.

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A source approaches a stationary observer at  40m/s emitting sound of frequency 500Hz

b. Calculate the wavelength of the sound as measured by i the source and ii the observer.

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A source is moving away from a stationary observer at  32m/s emitting sound of frequency 480Hz

a. Determine the frequency the observer measure.

HARD
Diploma
IMPORTANT

A source is moving away from a stationary observer at 32m/s emitting sound of frequency 480Hz

b. Calculate the wavelength of the sound as measured by i the source and ii the observer.