Does the frequency of a sound wave from the same source change with different mediums of propagation?
Does the frequency of sound change with different mediums if the source is same.Will a sound wave have the same frequency in water as it has in air if the source is constant?I saw a program on THE SHARK CALLERS of KONTU and the instrument they used to call sharks had a frequency( f ) of 350 -400 Hz in air but 50 -60 Hz in water.PLease explain with reason.
No!!! Everything else change; wavelength, amplitude etc….but not the propagation. Solid things where they bounce off, of course is not considered a medium.
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No!!! Everything else change; wavelength, amplitude etc….but not the propagation. Solid things where they bounce off, of course is not considered a medium.
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1 pinoypangit said this (September 4, 2010 at 1:55 am)
The question must be made some what clear.
Is that there is any change of frequency in sound wave propagation in different media? OR
Is that there is any change of frequency of the waves produced from the instrument if played in different media?
I am not sure about the second one. But as far as the first is concerned, there wont be any change in frequency because of the change in medium. The frequency characteristic alone remains constant. This is also true in case of light waves
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2 Jegannathan said this (September 4, 2010 at 2:16 am)