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Grade 12th passWave Optics

a very thin transparent film of soap solution (thickness-0) is seen under reflection of white light.then colour of film appear to be-
1-blue
2-black
3-red
4-yellow

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Atul
8 Years ago
For very thin films the distance travelled inside the film is insignificant and so the two reflected waves are almost exactly out of phase with each other (due to the phase change at one surface); they interfere destructively and the film appears `black`. For this reason when a soap film goes black it is about to burst