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What is the value of the exponent x in the formula for the speed of sound?
What is the value of the exponent x in the formula for the speed of sound?
Which equation represents the relationship between the exponents x, y, and z for the speed of sound?
Which equation represents the relationship between the exponents x, y, and z for the speed of sound?
What is the value of the exponent y?
What is the value of the exponent y?
When applying dimensional analysis to the speed of sound, what is the dimension of pressure?
When applying dimensional analysis to the speed of sound, what is the dimension of pressure?
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In the dimensional equation for speed, the term representing volume contributes what value to the overall dimensional analysis?
In the dimensional equation for speed, the term representing volume contributes what value to the overall dimensional analysis?
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Study Notes
Speed of Sound in a Gas
- Sound speed (V) in a gas, pressure (p), density (ρ), and volume (V) are related.
- Dimensional analysis is used to find the exponents x, y, and z in the equation V = pxρyVz.
Dimensional Analysis
- Pressure (p) = mass (m) × acceleration (a) / area (A)
- p = kg⋅m-1⋅s-2 = M L-1 T-2
- Density (ρ) = mass (m) / volume (V)
- ρ = kg⋅m-3 = M L-3
- Volume (V) = length3 = L3
- Speed (V) = length / time = L T-1
- Substituting the units into the equation V = pxρyVz gives Mx L-x T-2x × My L-3y × Lz = M L T-1
- Equating the exponents produces a system of equations to solve for x, y, and z.
Solving for Exponents
- Simplifying the equation gives:
- For mass (M): x + y = 1
- For length (L): -x - 3y + z = 1
- For time (T): -2x = -1
- Solving the system of equations:
- x = 1/2
- y = 1/2
- z = 0
- The equation for the speed of sound in a gas is V = √(γp/ρ).
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Explore the relationship between sound speed, pressure, density, and volume in gases through dimensional analysis. This quiz will guide you in deriving the exponents x, y, and z in the equation relating these physical properties. Test your understanding of pressure, density, and how they influence sound speed.