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EXPERIMENT 5: Resonance & Speed of Sound

Sound - wave created by vibrating object travelling
through a medium (mechanical wave) from one location
to another (longitudinal wave).








sinusoidal wave

Open Tube Closed Tube

L


L


Speed of Sound

; *frequency (f) =

therefore:

Speed (experimental closed tube) =

Speed (standard)
at 0
0
C, speed of sound is 331 m/s
For every increase by 1
0
C, speed increases by 0.6
m/s
example: speed at 25.3
0
C
331 + 25.3(0.6) = 346.2 m/s

*hz = vib/sec
*frequency and are inversely proportional. ( as frequency increases



EXPERIMENT 6: Resistors in Series and Parallel

Resistor- an electrical component that limits or regulates the
flow of electrical current in an electrical current
- measured in ohms ()
Examples:
1. R1: Y - V - R- S
Color code value: 47 x 10
2
10 %
Tolerance: 4230 - 5170
2. R2: Grey - O - Green - Gold
Color code value: 83 x 10
5
5%
Tolerance: 7 885 000 - 8 715 000
3. Grey - W- S - None
Color code value: 59 x 10
-2

Tolerance: 0.472 - 0.708
4. R4: W-Black - Black - R
Color code value: 90 x 10
0
2%
Tolerance: 88.2 - 91.8

















R1 = 4700 ; R2= 8 300 000; R3 = 0.59
Series:

R
1
R
2
R
3

R
total
=

; R
total
> largest amount
R
total
= R1 + R2 + R3 = 8 304 700.59

Parallel

; R
total
< Smallest amount

EXPERIMENT 7: Specific Heat of Metals

Heat - flow of energy from hot to cold substance

amount of heat (Q) conducted from B to A is
dependent on the temperature change of
the substances


where:

(change in temp)
unit for

Heat Capacity Specific Heat Capacity





A

B
*hot to cold
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Specific Heat Capacity
-amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of
a unit mass of substance by one Celsius degree


Standard Specific Heat of some substances
C
H20
= 1 cal/gC
0

C
copper
= 0.093 cal/gC
0

C
steel
= 0.11 cal/g C
0
C
aluminum
= 0.215 cal/gC
0

Thermal Equilibrium
-objects in contact will transder heat until their temp
are the same

Conservation of Heat and Energy
Heat Absorbed + Heat Released = 0
-in an isolated system, the amount of heat absorbed is
equal to the amount of heat released.


EXPERIMENT 8: Latent Heat of Fusion

Latent Heat - change phase w/o changing temp
Conservation of Heat: Isolation of system
Qwater + Qcalorimeter + Qice = 0



Lf =

Effects of Heat Transfer
-sensible effect, latent effect, expansion

latent effect
-latent heat is the amt of heat needed to change
phase without a change in temp. it only happens at critical
temperatures (boiling & melting point)

Latent Heat of Fusion (Lf)
-amount of heat needed to change from solid to liquid
(melting point)

Latent Heat of Vaporization (Lv)
-amount of heat needed to change the phase of a
substance from liquid to gas (boiling pt)
Standard Latent Heat of water
Lf = 80 cal/g
Lv= 540 cal/g