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Resonance Tube
012-03541F
Experiment 4: The Speed of Sound in a Tube
Procedure
➀
We recommend that you use external triggering on
the oscilloscope. You will also have to adjust the
triggering level and holdoff in order to get a clean,
steady trace on the screen.
➁➄
Our measurements gave values of 335-347 m/s,
with the variation mostly due to difficulties in mea-
suring the distance between echoes. The trace is not
always steady and easy to read.
Analysis
➀
v 340 m/s. For better precision, use the method
described in the teacher’s guide to experiment 3.
➁
We were able to measure this by building a corner-
cube reflector out of some scrap lexan sheets and
tape. The signal was very weak, though, and practi-
cally useless beyond 1m.
➂
The reflected sound pulse will be inverted when the
end of the tube is open; and non-inverted when
closed. This indicates—among other things—that
the speed of sound inside the tube is faster than out-
side the tube. (We have not been able to experimen-
tally demonstrate this velocity difference with this
apparatus.)
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