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Episode 321: Interference Patterns
This learning episode from the Institute of Physics covers the constructive and destructive interference of waves.
Through discussion, student experiments and teacher demonstrations, students look at:
* simple interference of waves
* waves from two sound sources
* demonstration of Young's two slit experiment
* deriving and using Young's formula
* explaining interference in sound waves
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