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The two most prominent wavelengths in the light emitted by a hydrogen discharge lamp are 656nm (red) and 486nm (blue). Light from a hydrogen lamp illuminates a diffraction grating with 500lines/mm, and the light is observed on a screen 1.50m behind the grating. What is the distance between the first-order red and blue fringes?

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The distance between red and blue fringes is14.5cm.

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01

Formula for distance

The center of them-th fringe is given by,

Ym=³¢³Ù²¹²Ôθm

=Ltansin-1³¾Î»d

localid="1649218383524" dis the distance between gratings

localid="1649218434130" λis wavelength

localid="1649218442071" θmis diffraction angle

02

Calculation for distance

The grating constant is500lines/mm.

There will be a space between two succeeding gratings.

d=1×10-3500

=2×10-6m¯

So,

Δ³Û=³¢³Ù²¹²Ôθ1,red-³¢³Ù²¹²Ôθ1,blue

=Ltansin-1λredd-tansin-1λblued

In terms of numbers,

Δ³Û=1.5tansin-10.6562-tansin-10.4862

=14.5cm

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