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Birefringence in action

 

Miss Helen Brand
Earth Sciences

The rain water on this cd is acting like a thin film and refracting light, splitting it into two different directions and producing interference and the scale of colours you can see across the drops while at the same time, the pits on the cd itself are also scattering light


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