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The first maximum should occur around
. To what value of
does
this correspond according to Equation 9.2?
Evaluate
by comparing the calculated
with your measurement of
for this first maximum. Correct the other
measurements so that your data are directly comparable to the calculations.
John Kielkopf
2001-01-23