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Waves in tubes - molecular vibrations

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Last updated 25 July 2012, created 25 July 2012, viewed 153

The animation shows the vibrations of the molecules of air in a tube in its fundamental mode.There is an anitinode (maximum amplitude) at the open ebnd of the tube and a node (no vibration) at the closed end. The wavelength of the sound produced is four times the length of the tube.

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