PIRA 3C30.00 INTENSITY AND ATTENUATION

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
3C30.00Intensity and Attenuation
3C30.20dB meters and hornPIRA 500
3C30.20dB meters and horn3C30.20Place dB meters in the class at 2 meter intervals, then blow a loud horn.
3C30.21dB meter and hornPIRA 1000
3C30.21dB meter and horn3C30.21An air horn driven by a compressed air tank gives a 120 dB sound at close range. Use a dB meter to measure the intensity at various ranges.
3C30.21air hornSc-4A railroad horn blown from a tank of compressed air has a nearby intensity of 110 dB.
3C30.22sound level meterS-3cA sound level meter is used to measure the instructor speaking, etc.
3C30.30loudness (phones and sones)PIRA 1000
3C30.35hearing -3dBPIRA 1000
3C30.35hearing -3dB3C30.35A function generator with a dB meter is used to quickly adjust to half power.
3C30.363 dB19-4.15One and two students pound the table equidistant from an observer.
3C30.41attenuation of materialsS-88place various materials between a sounding board and a tuning fork stuck in a block of wood.
3C30.42modified tuning fork resonance box19-9.2The tuning fork is removed from a resonance box and a rod, string, and water are interposed.
3C30.43attenuation in CO2S-89A high pitched tone transmitted through a 10' pipe will be attenuated when filled with CO2.
3C30.45acoustical tilesS-7fShow various acoustical tiles.

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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