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DCS# 6D20.20

VIDEO PROJECTOR SPECTRUM



APPARATUS
video projector
201
large diffraction grating
202-21-C5
laptop with slit or color mixer program
206


DESCRIPTION
Use the north projector to project the image of a slit through a diffraction grating onto the center screen.  The RGB sliders can be used to show color mixing and the associated spectra.

REFERENCES
Physics Education, Volume 42, issue 3 (May 01, 2007), p. 232-233