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Imagine an acoustic wave traveling air. The wave is said to move air molecules like springs. And the kinetic energy increases. So the temperature of a room filled with acoustic waves gets higher. Is it correct?

asked Mar 14, 2022 in Sound Waves by gerardkoepp

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What is the equivalent of kinetic energy for sound waves?

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Why can't we hear light waves like we do sound waves?

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When sound travels through air partials, does it then vibrate along the direction of wave propagation or vibrate but not in any fixed direction?

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How are electromagnetic waves and sound waves related and unique from each other?

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Why is the frequency of a sound wave affected by its medium?

asked Mar 13, 2022 in Sound Waves by CelestialFlare

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Can two different sound waves merge into one new sound wave?

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What is the difference between light waves, heat waves, and sound waves?

asked Mar 13, 2022 in Sound Waves by dublinliving2016

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What happens when one note is played by two people and one is out of tune? I'm trying to understand the wave-like sounds I'm hearing.

asked Mar 12, 2022 in Sound Waves by Marcarm

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If sound and light are waves of energy who move across the air, can you use light to suppress a sound wave?

asked Mar 12, 2022 in Sound Waves by Sheffordian

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How is sound carried in a sound wave?

asked Mar 11, 2022 in Sound Waves by questuk

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The intensity level of a certain sound wave is 80 W/m^2, what is the intensity of this sound wave?

asked Mar 11, 2022 in Sound Waves by Steve Chappell

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How does the bending of sound waves underwater make it difficult to locate the source of a particular sound?

asked Mar 11, 2022 in Sound Waves by AsaAsa

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Why does rarefaction come first in the pressure position graph of a sound wave? Isn't there a normal atmospheric pressure?

asked Mar 11, 2022 in Sound Waves by ciderboy

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What is the wavelength of a sound wave with a frequency of 550 Hz and traveling in seawater with the speed of 1540 m/s?

asked Mar 11, 2022 in Sound Waves by Alan Henness

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Do all waves disperse? Is sound also made up of differing frequencies like light?

asked Mar 11, 2022 in Sound Waves by Sue-de-Nimm

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How does a capacitor work with sound waves? What are its uses and applications?

asked Mar 11, 2022 in Sound Waves by QuantumFlare

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How long will it take sound waves to travel the distance between two point A and B if the air temperature between them varies linearly from T1 to T2? The velocity of sound propagation in air is equal to v= α*T^(1/2).

asked Mar 10, 2022 in Sound Waves by potterspury

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What is the reason a sound wave causes a window to vibrate?

asked Mar 10, 2022 in Sound Waves by Neil123 (4.1k points)

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How do vibrations, specifically from sound waves, affect noble gases?

asked Feb 19, 2022 in Sound Waves by mrrodge

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