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A Kundt'S Tube Apparatus Has a Copper Rod of Length 1.0 M Clamped at 25 Cm from One of the Ends. the Tube Contains Air in Which the Speed of Sound is 340 M S−1.

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A Kundt's tube apparatus has a copper rod of length 1.0 m clamped at 25 cm from one of the ends. The tube contains air in which the speed of sound is 340 m s−1. The powder collects in heaps separated by a distance of 5.0 cm. Find the speed of sound waves in copper.

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Solution

Given:
Speed of sound in air \[v_{air}\]= 340 ms−1
Velocity of sound in Kundt's tube \[v_{rod}\] = ?

Length at which copper rod is clamped l = 25 cm = 25\[\times  {10}^{- 2}   \text { m }\]

Distance between the heaps \[∆ l\]= 5 cm =\[5 \times  {10}^{- 2}   \text { m }\]

\[\frac{v_{rod}}{v_{air}} = \frac{2l}{∆ l}\] 

\[ \Rightarrow  v_{rod}  =   \frac{2l}{∆ l} \times  v_{air} \] 

\[\text { On  substituting  the  respective  values  in  the  above  equation,   we  get: }\] \[   v_{rod}  = \frac{340 \times 25 \times {10}^{- 2} \times 2}{5 \times {10}^{- 2}}\] 

\[ \Rightarrow    v_{rod}  = 3400  \text { m/s }\]

 
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