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A scientist shines a beam of white light through a diffraction grating (with 500linesmm), producing a diffraction pattern. The spectrometer only looks at the m=1 bright spot! (The m=2 spectrum will not fit in the view.)
a) Calculate the distance d between individual slits (also called “lines”).
b) The white light spreads into its component colors. For red light (=700nm), what is the diffraction angle θR (in degrees)?
c) For violet light (=400nm), what is the diffraction angle
θV (in degrees)?
a) Given that the diffraction grating is of 500lines/mm
So the width of each slit will be 
  
Width of the slit will be equal to the distance between
individual slits because the slit width is same for every slit in a
difraction grating.So the distance between the slits is 2
10-6m
b) Given wavelength 
 For red light,
We know that equation for bright spot is,

By substituting we get,
  
  
  
so difraction angle for red light   
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c) Given wavelength 
 for violet light
We know that equation for bright spot is
   
Substituting the values we get,
  
  
  
  So diffraction angle for violet
light  
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