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In the Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
Using Lasers to Demonstrate Refraction, Diffraction, and Dispersion
Elvin Hughes, Jr. and L. H. Holmes, Jr.
Department of Chemistry and Physics, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 70402

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March 1997
Vol. 74 No. 3
p. 298

Abstract
Using a red and green laser the phenomenon of refraction and diffraction can be demonstrated relatively easily in the classroom. Also the difference in dispersion with a prism (normal dispersion) and dispersion with a grating (which follows the Bragg equation) can be shown.
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*  Citation
Hughes, Elvin, Jr.; Holmes, L. H. Jr. J. Chem. Educ. 1997 74 298.
*  Keywords
Demonstrations, Lasers/laser spectroscopy, Physical chemistry, Spectroscopy
*  History
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July 29, 1999
June 23, 2005
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