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Why are butterflies colored?
An explanation of how the brilliant metallic blue of morpho butterflies is created by thin film interference.
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Interference of Sound
A good explanation of how sound waves can interfere and affect what you hear. Includes details of a demonstration with a tuning fork.
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Double Slit Interference
A java applet to investigate Young's fringes slit width can be varied as can wavelength. Shows wavefronts.
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Why do rainbow-like colours appear on the surface of oil?
Non-mathematical explanation of colours seen in an oil film, caused by light interference. Nice diagram and accompanying photograph.
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Iridescence
An interesting but straightforward page about iridescence, explaining how interference works to create rainbows on oil on a wet pavement, with links to pages about butterflies, beetles and peacocks.
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Beat frequencies
When two sound waves of different frequency approach your ear, the alternating constructive and destructive interference causes the sound to be alternatively soft and loud - a phenomenon which is ...
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Wave Interference 2
This applet demonstrates several superpositions of sinusoidal wave forms. A basic site which gives a basic understanding of the principle of superposition.
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Wave Interference 3
This applet demonstrates superpositions of wave forms which you draw yourself. A basic site which gives a basic understanding of the principle of superposition.
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Thin film reflection
This applet models resonance and interference effects as waves pass through various layers. There are two modes: Electromagnetic, which models the transmission of light through multi-layer films, and ...
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Wave Interference 1
This applet demonstrates several superpositions of simple wave forms. The waves can be rectangular, elliptical, square or a triangle. A basic site which gives a basic understanding of the principle ...
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