Waves
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- Created on: 02-11-15 11:44
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- Waves
- Longitudinal Wave
- Displacement of the medium is parallel to the propagation of the wave
- Sound waves in air are longnitudal
- Made up of compressions and rarefactions
- Compressions are particles are closest together and have the maximum density
- Rarefactions are where the particles are furthest apart and where it has the least density
- Transverse Wave
- A wave that oscillates perpendicular to the direction of energy
- An example is Visible Light
- Stationary Waves
- Condiitons
- Equal Frequency
- Nearly Same Amplitude
- Opposite directions
- Same Speed
- Made up of nodes and antinodes
- Nodes are the points of no displacement
- Anitnodes are the points of maximum displacement
- formed when perfectly timed interference of two waves pass through at the same medium
- Condiitons
- Longitudinal Wave
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