Sound Rarefaction

Created by Sarah Burch (Sburch8)

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A Mathematical Model

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See also

Nature, Behavior, and Properties of Sound

Sound Barrier

Speed of Sound

Resonance

Doppler Effect

Transverse and Longitudinal Waves

Standing waves

Further reading

A Text-book of Sound by Edmund Catchpool

External links

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References

http://www.iu.edu/~emusic/acoustics/sound.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG_zBBTO-Qg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrbXpTa9xLg

http://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/physics/sound-waves.html

http://w3.shorecrest.org/~Lisa_Peck/Physics/syllabus/soundlight/ch26sound/ch26sound_images/ch26_images.html