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Wave Diffraction
In this video
Paul Andersen explains how waves will diffract (or bend) around an obstacle or while traveling through and opening. Diffraction will be maximized when the size of the opening or obstacle matches the wavelength.
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Music Attribution
Title:
String Theory
Artist:
Herman Jolly
http://sunsetvalley.bandcamp.com/track/string-theory
All of the images are licensed under creative commons and public domain licensing:
Alexander,
ESO/M.
English: Astronomers Do Not
Always Swim at the
Swimming Pool at the
Paranal Observatory Residencia, but When They Do, They like to
Show How
Physical Principles
Work. In
This Picture the
French ESO Astronomer Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin Is Demonstrating How
Waves — Not
Light Waves, but
Water Waves — Can Combine, or Interfere, to
Create Larger Waves.,
January 27, 2014. http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1404a/. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:Swimming_Pool_Interferometry
.jpg.
Cryonic07. English: Illustration of a
Simple Ripple Tank. See Also
Image:Simple Ripple Tank
Paddle.svg,
August 30, 2007. self-made This vector image was created with Inkscape, and then manually edited. Partly based on en:Image:
Ripple tank.png and en:Image:Ripple tank motor.png. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simple_ripple_tank.svg.
“Diffraction Grating.”
Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, April 10,
2015. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index
.php?title=Diffraction_grating&oldid;=655807039.
it.wikipedia,
Original uploader was
A3XX at.
Italiano: Fotografo:,
December 4,
2006. Transferred from it.wikipedia. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Single-slit-diffraction-ripple-tank.jpg.
Pajs. Vlneni Pri Pruchodu Bodovou Sterbinou (k Demonstraci Difrakce), April 28, 2015. Own work. http://commons.wikimedia
.org/wiki/File:Difrakce_sterbina_bodova.png
.
———. Vlneni Pri Pruchodu Kolem
Velke Prekazky (k Denonstraci Difrakce), April 28, 2015. Own work. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Difrakce_prekazka_velka.png.
———. Vlneni Pri Pruchodu Velkou Sterbinou (k Demonstraci Difrakce), April 28, 2015. Own work. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Difrakce_sterbina_velka.png.
“Ripple Tank.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, March 3, 2015. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ripple_tank&oldid;=649682468.
“Wave
Interference.” PhET. Accessed April 16, 2015. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/wave-interference.
- published: 18 May 2015
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