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Formal Report Resonance

The document describes an experiment to determine the speed of sound using resonance in a closed tube. A tuning fork of known frequency was used to produce sound waves in the tube. Measurements of the tube length, diameter, and tuning fork frequency were taken. Calculations using these values and the principle of resonance in a closed tube were performed to determine the wavelength of sound in the tube. This wavelength was then used along with the tuning fork frequency to calculate the speed of sound at 32 m/s. The document provides the questions, procedures, and calculations for this experiment determining speed of sound through resonance in a closed tube.

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Formal Report Resonance

The document describes an experiment to determine the speed of sound using resonance in a closed tube. A tuning fork of known frequency was used to produce sound waves in the tube. Measurements of the tube length, diameter, and tuning fork frequency were taken. Calculations using these values and the principle of resonance in a closed tube were performed to determine the wavelength of sound in the tube. This wavelength was then used along with the tuning fork frequency to calculate the speed of sound at 32 m/s. The document provides the questions, procedures, and calculations for this experiment determining speed of sound through resonance in a closed tube.

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Names: Atabug, Harold E. Birol, Karen Rachel Joyce A. Group Number: 2 Balita, Joseph Edgar B.

Calimag, Alfonso Pio P. Date Submitted: September 11, 2012 Basa, Allbvi Enric E. Canasa, Justin L. General Physics - Laboratory Batol, Carina Lyn D. Mr. Jay Erickson Tio and Mrs. Ninia Calaca Section: 2A-MT EXPERIMENT No. 10 RESONANCE: SPEED OF SOUND

ABSTRACT Resonance, in simpler terms, is to re-sound loudly and is most often used in the field of acoustics. Using a closed pipe, experimental procedures where done to find out the wave length of a sound produced by a tuning fork with known frequency. In turn, the wavelength and frequency of the sound produced by the tuning fork was used to determine the speed of sound. Other factors were also notably considered and computed like the height of water level, length of tube, temperature, absolute error and relative error. Resonance, at the end of the experiment, was clearly defined to be the speed of sound. QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS 1. Through what fraction of a vibration has the prong of a tuning fork moved while the sound traveled down to the water surface inside the pipe and was reflected back up to the fork again? Travelling down to the water surface inside the pipe, the sound wave travelled one fourth of the wave and when its was reflected back up to the fork, it travelled another one fourth of the wave. Therefore, the tuning fork vibrated one half of the vibration of the prong of the tuning fork. 2. What is the approximate wavelength of the fundamental resonant frequency of a closed tube 35cm long if the tube has a diameter of 4cm? Theoretically, the wavelength of a closed tube is determined by multiplying the length of the tube by 4. But in actual conditions where inconsistencies may arise, the wavelength is determined by having a constant to eliminate possible uncertainties incurred during the experiment. Therefore, wavelength is considered by adding the length of the tube to its diameter times the chosen constant. The quantity is now multiplied to 4 because it is a closed system. Having 0.3 as the constant for the experiment, the product of the constant and the diameter which is 4cm is 1cm which will be added to the length of the tube which is 35cm which shall have a total of 36. This will now be multiplied by 4 to give you 140cm or 0.14m 3. A tuning fork of frequency 384Hz exhibits resonance with a closed tube 20cm long and 4 cm in diameter. What is the speed of the sound wave? The speed of the sound wave is determined by multiplying the wave length by the frequency of the tuning fork. To get the wave length, we have to multiply the diameter by a constant to eliminate

possible uncertainties that are associated with the carrying out of experiment procedures. The 4cm diameter of the closed tube is multiplied by 0.3, the constant used in the experiment. Their product, which is 1cm is now added to its length and their total is multiplied by 4 since it is a closed system. So 1cm plus 20 cm which is the length of the closed tube is 21cm and this total is multiplied by 4 which give us 84cm or 0.084m. This wave length is now multiplied by the frequency of the tuning fork which is 384Hz to come up with the speed of the sound wave at 32m/s.

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