Week 13

Lab Report Name: ____________________

Section: ___________________

EXPERIMENT: Determining the Speed of Sound

Data Table:

Tuning fork frequency, Hz(printed on the fork)

Length, L

water level to top of tube

Diameter of tube, d

l =

4(L + 0.3d)

Experimental

v=fl

Room Temperature,

^oC

Percent error of experimentally derived value: ______________

Question:

Considering the length of your resonance tube, what is the lowest frequency tuning fork you could use for this experiment? Show your calculations!