// Scilab code Ex4.27 : Pg:167 (2008) clc;clear; lambda = 5890e-008; // Wavelength of light, cm mu = 1.5; // Refractive index of oil i = 30; // Angle of incidence, degree n = 8; // Order of dark band sin_r = sind(i)/mu; // Sine of angle of reflection from Snell's Law, degree cos_r = sqrt(1-sin_r^2); // Cosine of angle of reflection from the trigonometric identity, degree t = n*lambda/(2*mu*cos_r); // The thickness of the oil film, cm printf("\nThe thickness of the oil film = %5.3e cm", t); // Result // The thickness of the oil film = 1.666e-004 cm