Speed Of Sound Lab Report

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This experiment was designed in order to see what relationships variables have in regards to a wave. Those variables include temperature, wavelength, frequency, velocity, and medium. This project was designed in order to see what frequencies react with what type of tubes, as well as to see what is required for different harmonics to form. Before starting the lab, I made the prediction that the smaller harmonics like the first harmonic will react with lower frequencies while the third harmonic will react only with higher frequencies. In other words, the higher the frequency, the larger the harmonic.
In this particular lab, my group partners and I were testing three separate tubes with five different pitching forks. For the theoretical part …show more content…

In our lab, the independent variable is frequency and out dependent variable is velocity. Also, another dependent variable was length.

In order to begin understanding this lab, it is important to understand what variables play a part in the experiment. I considered doing this experiment in order to gain even a larger perspective of what waves truly are. To start understanding how wavelength, frequency, and velocity work together it is important to know one equation: velocity = frequency x wavelength. Also, it is important to know that in order to see how the speed of sound depends on temperature, it is important to know that at 0 degrees celsius, the speed of sound is at 330m/s. In order to add or subtract degrees, you would add or subtract 0.6 from 330. In regard to harmonics, it is important to see a theme between all. The first harmonic is …show more content…

Below is a representation of the equipment and set-up for this

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