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Ultrasonic waves produced in a medium can be detected by
Ultrasonic waves produced in a medium can be detected by
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The correct option is D Kundt's tube
Sound in air is propagated only by means of longitudinal waves; waves in which the particle's motion consists of oscillations back and forth in the direction of propagation. In a solid such as a metal rod, sound can be transmitted either by longitudinal or transverse waves.
Using a Kundt'd tube which is an apparatus consisting of a glass tube supported on a metal base, longitudinal sound waves can be produced. Using the properties of wave motion, the frequency of the sound and the speed of sound in the rod can be determined.
A clamp at one end of the tube's base holds a metal rod which has a metal disk attached to one end. The rod and disk extend inside the glass tube, whose position can be adjusted to center the tube about the disk.It is important to make sure the disk is not touching the glass because the vibrations set up in the rod will break the glass. A stopper closes the other end of the tube. The velocity of any wave is given by:
v = fl where f is the frequency and l is the wavelength. When the rod is properly stroked and set into vibration, standing waves are set up in the vibrating rod. Since the rod is clamped at its center point, this point is a node (zero amplitude of motion) and the ends which are free to vibrate are antinodes (maximum amplitude of particles' motion along the direction of the rod).
When the rod is vibrating in this manner it is vibrating with its fundamental frequency and the wavelength of the standing wave is twice the length of the rod. The vibrations of the rod are transmitted by the disk to the air in the glass tube closed at one end.The waves set up in the air in the glass tube have the same frequency as those in the rod. The waves are reflected at the closed end of the tube and the air in the tube is thus acted upon by two similar sets of waves travelling in opposite directions. When the length of the air column is some multiple of half wavelengths, the two oppositely travelling waves produce standing waves.
The standing waves are characterized by alternate points of maximum and minimum disturbance called respectively nodes and antinodes. These nodes and antinodes may be detected by cork dust placed in the tube, the cork dust showing characteristic striated vibration patterns at the antinodes. The distance between two successive patterns is therefore one-half the wave length of the sound in the air.
The wave length of the sound in air is thus determined. From tables the velocity of sound in air at the temperature of the room is obtained and using the above-referenced equation the frequency may be computed. Since this is the frequency of the sound wave in the metal rod and since the wave length is twice the length of the rod, we can compute the velocity of the sound waves in the metal rod using the above-referenced equation.
Sound in air is propagated only by means of longitudinal waves; waves in which the particle's motion consists of oscillations back and forth in the direction of propagation. In a solid such as a metal rod, sound can be transmitted either by longitudinal or transverse waves.
Using a Kundt'd tube which is an apparatus consisting of a glass tube supported on a metal base, longitudinal sound waves can be produced. Using the properties of wave motion, the frequency of the sound and the speed of sound in the rod can be determined.
A clamp at one end of the tube's base holds a metal rod which has a metal disk attached to one end. The rod and disk extend inside the glass tube, whose position can be adjusted to center the tube about the disk.It is important to make sure the disk is not touching the glass because the vibrations set up in the rod will break the glass. A stopper closes the other end of the tube. The velocity of any wave is given by:
v = fl where f is the frequency and l is the wavelength. When the rod is properly stroked and set into vibration, standing waves are set up in the vibrating rod. Since the rod is clamped at its center point, this point is a node (zero amplitude of motion) and the ends which are free to vibrate are antinodes (maximum amplitude of particles' motion along the direction of the rod).
When the rod is vibrating in this manner it is vibrating with its fundamental frequency and the wavelength of the standing wave is twice the length of the rod. The vibrations of the rod are transmitted by the disk to the air in the glass tube closed at one end.The waves set up in the air in the glass tube have the same frequency as those in the rod. The waves are reflected at the closed end of the tube and the air in the tube is thus acted upon by two similar sets of waves travelling in opposite directions. When the length of the air column is some multiple of half wavelengths, the two oppositely travelling waves produce standing waves.
The standing waves are characterized by alternate points of maximum and minimum disturbance called respectively nodes and antinodes. These nodes and antinodes may be detected by cork dust placed in the tube, the cork dust showing characteristic striated vibration patterns at the antinodes. The distance between two successive patterns is therefore one-half the wave length of the sound in the air.
The wave length of the sound in air is thus determined. From tables the velocity of sound in air at the temperature of the room is obtained and using the above-referenced equation the frequency may be computed. Since this is the frequency of the sound wave in the metal rod and since the wave length is twice the length of the rod, we can compute the velocity of the sound waves in the metal rod using the above-referenced equation.
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