A Soap Bubble, When Illuminated with Light of Frequency 5

question 30

Short Answer

A soap bubble, when illuminated with light of frequency 5.11 × 10¹⁴ Hz, appears to be especially reflective. If it is surrounded by air and if its index of refraction is 1.35, what is the thinnest thickness the soap film can be? (c = 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s)

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Definitions:

Cyclic Ethers

Organic compounds that contain an ether group (-O-) within a ring structure.

Grignard Reagent

Grignard reagent is a type of organomagnesium compound used in organic synthesis, typically represented as RMgX, where R is an organic group and X is a halogen.

Cyclopentene Oxide

A cyclic ether with a three-membered epoxide ring adjacent to a cyclopentene structure.

Racemic Mixture

A mixture containing equal amounts of two enantiomers, resulting in a substance that has no optical activity.