Code Number: 3D46.16

Demo Title: Tuning Forks on Oscilloscope

Condition: Good

Principle: Various Wave Properties

Area of Study: Oscillations & Acoustics

Equipment:

Pre-amp, Microphone, Oscilloscope (Tektronix 2235), Tuning Forks.

Procedure:

Hook the microphone into the pre-amp and the pre-amp into the oscilloscope. Set the microphone into the resonance box of the tuning fork. When the tuning fork is struck the sinusoidal properties of the waveform are shown on the oscilloscope.

References:

Jeffrey D. Goldader, "Determining Absolute Zero Using a Tuning Fork", TPT, Vol. 46, # 4, April 2008, p. 206.
Yaakov Kraftmakher, "2.3, Tuning Fork", Experiments and Demonstrations in Physics, ISBN 981-256-602-3, p. 93.
Julien Clinton Sprott, "3.7, Oscilloscope Waveforms", Physics Demonstrations, p.155, ISBN 0-299-21580-6.

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