Waves/Sound Waves

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Sound Waves

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Sound is a longitudinal compression-expansion wave through matter. The wave speed is

  (2.11)

where   and   are constants and   is the absolute temperature. The absolute temperature is measured in Kelvins and is numerically given by

  (2.12)

where   is the temperature in Celsius degrees. The angular frequency of sound waves is thus given by

  (2.13)

The speed of sound in air at normal temperatures is about  .


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