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Exploring Sound Waves: Tuning Fork Experiments and Ultrasound Applications

Learn about sound waves produced by tuning forks, including the creation of compressions and rarefactions. Discover the categories of sound waves, from audible to ultrasonic, and explore the fascinating applications of ultrasound in various fields. Dive into essential wave terms like peak, trough, amplitude, and more with detailed explanations and examples.

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Exploring Sound Waves: Tuning Fork Experiments and Ultrasound Applications

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  1. Sound

  2. Producing a Sound Wave • Sound waves are longitudinal waves traveling through a medium • A tuning fork can be used as an example of producing a sound wave

  3. Using a Tuning Fork to Produce a Sound Wave • A tuning fork will produce a pure musical note • As the tines vibrate, they disturb the air near them • As the tine swings to the right, it forces the air molecules near it closer together • This produces a high density area in the air • This is an area of compression

  4. Using a Tuning Fork, cont. • As the tine moves toward the left, the air molecules to the right of the tine spread out • This produces an area of low density • This area is called a rarefaction

  5. Using a Tuning Fork, final • As the tuning fork continues to vibrate, a succession of compressions and rarefactions spread out from the fork • A sinusoidal curve can be used to represent the longitudinal wave • Crests correspond to compressions and troughs to rarefactions

  6. Categories of Sound Waves • Differences depend on the frequencies of waves: • Audible waves • Lay within the normal range of hearing of the human ear • Normally between 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz • Infrasonic waves • Frequencies are below the audible range • Earthquakes are an example • Ultrasonic waves • Frequencies are above the audible range • Dog whistles are an example

  7. Same amplitudedifferent frequencies Go to tuning fork lab 1

  8. Applications of Ultrasound • Can be used to produce images of small objects • Widely used as a diagnostic and treatment tool in medicine • Ultrasonic flow meter to measure blood flow • May use piezoelectric devices that transform electrical energy into mechanical energy • Reversible: mechanical to electrical • Ultrasounds to observe babies in the womb • Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA) used to surgically remove brain tumors • Ultrasonic ranging unit for cameras

  9. Waves Terms • Peak • Trough • Equilibrium • Amplitude • Period • Frequency • Wavelength

  10. You MUST look at the graph label • You can only get waveLENGTH from a graph with meters on the x-axis. • You can only get TIME period from a graphs with seconds on the x-axis.

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