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Sound is a Pressure Wave
Sound is a mechanical wave that results from the back and forth vibration of the particles of…
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Sound as a Longitudinal Wave
In the first part of Lesson 1, it was mentioned that sound is a mechanical…
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Sound Waves and Music
The Nature of a Sound Wave Sound is a Mechanical Wave Sound and music are…
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Mathematics of Standing Waves
As discussed in Lesson 4, standing wave patterns are wave patterns produced in a medium when two…
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Harmonics and Patterns
As mentioned earlier in Lesson 4, standing wave patterns are wave patterns produced in a medium when…
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Nodes and Anti-nodes
As mentioned earlier in Lesson 4, a standing wave pattern is an interference phenomenon. It is…
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Formation of Standing Waves
A standing wave pattern is a vibrational pattern created within a medium when the vibrational frequency of…
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Standing Waves
Traveling Waves vs. Standing Waves A mechanical wave is a disturbance that is created by…
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The Doppler Effect
Suppose that there is a happy bug in the center of a circular water puddle. The bug…
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Interference of Waves
What happens when two waves meet while they travel through the same medium? What effect…