The formula proposed by Newton for velocity of sound in air is based on _________ process.

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Solution

According to Newton, there is no temperature variation between the rarefaction and compression pulses. He suggested that, during exchanging heat with the surrounding, temperature of compression and rarefaction pulses is same as that of the surrounding and so the process is isothermal.
Thus, $P V =$ constant

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