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Use of the Tuning Forks
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Use of the Tuning Forks

The aim of the experiments performed with this pair of tuning forks is to allow students to understand the phenomenon of sound wave propagation.

20 min
Sonido
tuning fork; frequency; resonance box

Lo que aprenden los alumnos

  • Wave propagation due to the tuning forks
  • Effects of the resonance box

La base científica de este experimento

When a tuning-fork, mounted on its resonance box, is excited, it transmits vibrations to the walls of the resonance box and to the air inside the box (this is an oscillating system too).

When the tuning fork is excited sound waves are established inside the box as it happens in a sound tube closed at one end; energy is emitted in the surrounding space from its opening.

The sound produced by the tuning fork-box system has a much greater intensity than the sound produced by the tuning-fork only: in fact the resonance box has the function of increasing the intensity of the emitted sound at a loss, however, in duration.

= c (velocity of sound) / (frequency of the tuning-fork) we have that the length of the box is c/4. It is easy to verify this relationship knowing the frequency of the single tuning fork.

Equipo utilizado

  • Pair of La tuning forks with resonance boxes, hammer and clamps — 4317.40

Productos químicos y reactivos

Notas de seguridad

Preguntas para los alumnos

Qué puedes esperar

Eliminación

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Este experimento forma parte del « Mobile Lab » de ATP, un laboratorio autónomo que convierte un aula normal en un laboratorio de ciencias en pleno funcionamiento, con más de 200 experimentos de física, química, biología, robótica e ingeniería. « Gali », el tutor de IA integrado en ATP Connect, guía a los alumnos paso a paso y responde a sus preguntas en la mesa de trabajo.

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