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Newton's Rings

Newton's Ring Apparatus on Document Camera

Concept Overview:

1. Thin film interference between 2 surfaces in contact

Lecturer Procedure

Step(s) to Follow Expected Result

Place a ring beneath the document camera

Tilt to adjust

A faint pattern of rings will be visible*

*Some of the rings are very faint - it will take some adjusting to get visible rings to project onto the screen in such a way that the students will be able to easily see them.

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Identifier
L: W - 018