Homogeneous Air · Physics Brawl 2020 #FoL.10

Physics · optics

Problem

From the point of view of classical optics, every substance is homogeneous. However, today we know that everything consists of particles. Determine the number of particles (molecules) of air that are, under standard conditions, contained in a cube, where the length of one edge of this cube corresponds to the wavelength of the yellow D-line of sodium.

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