An oil tanker has collided with a smaller vessel, resulting in
an oil spill in a large, calm-water bay of the ocean. You are
investigating the environmental effects of the accident and need to
know the area of the spill. The tanker captain informs you that
26000 liters of oil have escaped and that the oil has an index of
refraction of n = 1.1. The index of refraction of the ocean water
is 1.33. From the deck of your ship you note that in the sunlight
the oil slick appears to be blue. A spectroscope confirms that the
dominant wavelength from the surface of the spill is 460 nm.
Assuming a uniform thickness, what is the largest total area of the
oil slick?
An oil tanker has collided with a smaller vessel, resulting in an oil spill in a...
Oil Spill In calm waters, the oil spilling from the ruptured hull of a grounded tanker forms an oil slick that is circular in shape. If the radius r of the circle is increasing at the rate of re) - Vat+9 ft/mint min after the rupture occurs, find an expression for the radius at any time. Hint: (0) - 0. How large is the polluted area 36 min after the rupture occurred?
Problem 6 A certain crude oil has an index of refraction of 1.24. A ship dumps 1.42 m3 of this oil into the ocean, and the oil spreads into a thin uniform slick. If the film produces a first-order maximum of light of wavelength 488 nm normally incident on it, how much surface area of the ocean does the oil slick cover? Assume that the index of refraction of the ocean water is 1.35. Submit Answer Tries 0/6
A scientist notices that an oil slick floating on water when viewed from above has many different rainbow colors reflecting off the surface. She aims a spectrometer at a particular spot and measures the wavelength to be 750 nm (in air). The index of refraction of water is 1.33.Part A: The index of refraction of the oil is 1.20. What is the minimum thickness of the oil slick at that spot? t= 313nmPart B: Suppose the oil had an index...