Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 36 - Diffraction - Questions - Page 1108: 9b

Answer

The separation will remain the same.

Work Step by Step

This is a diffraction grating, so we can look at equation (36-30) to see how the separation of the lines, $\Delta \theta$, is affected by increasing the amount of slits, N. Therefore; $$\frac{\Delta \theta}{\Delta \lambda}=\frac{m}{d\cos \theta}$$ We can see that increasing the amount of slits, N, will does not affect the separation of the lines or the change in wavelength, $\Delta \lambda$ , or the order, m.
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