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A diffraction grating is used in second order, to resolve the spectrum of the light emitted by a sodium lamp. The sodium light is known to contain a doublet (λ 1 589.00 nm and λ2-589.59 nm). The grating contains 500 lines per centimeter. What is the minimum size of the grating that must be illuminated by the collimated light in order to resolve the two spectral lines?

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