| Author | Message | ||
     britney |
For a science project I would like to investigate which type of line carries sound waves the best, but I am unsure as to what materials I would need or how I would measure these sound waves. Any suggestions are appreciated thanks. | ||
| Simon Quellen Field (Sfield) |
What exactly do you mean by "line"? Are you making a tin-can telephone? | ||
| britney |
No I'm not making a tin-can telephone. I was going to use wires but I'm not sure how I would test them in this experiment. Is there a better material to use? | ||
| Simon Quellen Field (Sfield) |
We are missing a lot of information about your project. Wires carry electricity, not sound waves, so you are obviously talking about varying the current in time with the sound, as in a telephone. But what do you mean by "best"? How far the electricity can travel in the wire? How much loss of volume there is in the wire? How much distortion the wire introduces into the waveform? The last question is much harder to measure than the first two. The first two are related to the resistance of the wire. You can look up the resistance for different wire sizes on the Internet, or in a book from the library. See here or here for examples. | ||
| LISHA |
I am not sure what to do on this project, can you tell so more imformation. | ||
| Anonymous |
what type of lines carry sound waves best[frequancy,wavelength] | ||
| OJ (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 24.46.249.251 |
what type of string carries sound waves more effectively? the options are plastic canvas cord,craft cord, or plastic string? Any suggestions would be great(include a reason please) | ||
| Alex Roberts (Whoo_mythbusters) Senior Member Username: Whoo_mythbusters Post Number: 182 Registered: 9-2005 |
Its called experimentation. Do it and then come back with the results. | ||
| Michael (Michaelt) Senior Member Username: Michaelt Post Number: 131 Registered: 12-2005 |
The speed of sound depends on the elasticity and the density of the material, such that the square of the velocity is equal to the elasticity divided by the density. V^2=E/D or: V=(E/D)^.5 With this knowledge, you may be able to form a hypothesis that experimentation may bear out. | ||
| ash (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 163.150.15.183 |
im starting today |
