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26 de abr. de 2024 · diffraction, the spreading of waves around obstacles. Diffraction takes place with sound; with electromagnetic radiation, such as light, X-rays, and gamma rays; and with very small moving particles such as atoms, neutrons, and electrons, which show wavelike properties.
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Diffraction is the interference or bending of waves around the corners of an obstacle or through an aperture into the region of geometrical shadow of the obstacle/aperture. The diffracting object or aperture effectively becomes a secondary source of the propagating wave.
The bending of a wave around the edges of an opening or an obstacle is called diffraction. Diffraction is a wave characteristic that occurs for all types of waves. If diffraction is observed for a phenomenon, it is evidence that the phenomenon is produced by waves.
17 de nov. de 2022 · Diffraction is the bending or spreading of light waves around an obstacle. The obstacle can be an aperture or slit whose size is approximately the same as the wavelength of light. The amount of bending depends on the relative size of the opening compared to the wavelength of light.
28 de dic. de 2020 · Diffraction is the bending of waves around obstacles or corners. All waves do this, including light waves, sound waves and water waves. (Even subatomic particles like neutrons and electrons, which quantum mechanics says also behave like waves, experience diffraction.) It's typically seen when a wave passes through an aperture.
By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain the phenomenon of diffraction and the conditions under which it is observed. Describe diffraction through a single slit. After passing through a narrow aperture (opening), a wave propagating in a specific direction tends to spread out.
A diffraction grating can be chosen to specifically analyze a wavelength emitted by molecules in diseased cells in a biopsy sample or to help excite strategic molecules in the sample with a selected wavelength of light.
