// Scilab code Ex4.25 : Pg:167 (2008) clc;clear; lambda = 5880e-008; // Wavelength of light, cm mu = 1.5; // Refractive index of mica r = 60; // Angle of reflection in the plate, degree n = 1; // Order of fringes for the smallest thickness t = n*lambda/(2*mu*cosd(r)); // The smallest thickness of the glass plate, cm printf("\nThe smallest thickness of the glass plate = %4.0f angstrom", t/1e-008); // Result // The smallest thickness of the glass plate = 3920 angstrom