A Newton’s Ring apparatus consists of a plano-convex glass lens that has a radius or curvature R=10.0 m and a diameter of 4.00 cm resting on a flat glass plate. The apparatus is illuminated from above by light from a sodium lamp that has a wavelength of 590 nm. How many bright fringes would you see in the reflected light?

Match each vocabulary term to its definition. 1. electrons neutral subatomic particles found in the nucleus of the atom 2. neutron lowest energy position of an electron in an atom 3. photon the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom 4. ground state negatively charged, subatomic particles 5. protons packet of energy of specific size 6. element substance with only one type of atom 7. orbital positively charged, subatomic particles found in the nucleus of the atom