Diffraction of light
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- An optical effect that results from the diffraction of light is the silver lining sometimes found around the edges of clouds or coronas surrounding the sun or moon.
- ) Due to the short wavelengths of visible light, the diffraction of light is most pronounced when the slit through which the light is passing is narrow, within the same order of magnitude of the wavelength(s).
- This picture must not be taken literally, for then the diffraction of light is inexplicable.
- Infer why diffraction of light is difficult to see.
- Diffraction of light is characterized by alternate bands of light and dark or bands of different colors.
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