A-Level Physics Specification

OCR A H556

Section 4.4.4: Stationary waves

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#4.4.4a

stationary (standing) waves using microwaves, stretched strings and air columns

#4.4.4b

graphical representations of a stationary wave

#4.4.4c

similarities and the differences between stationary and progressive waves

#4.4.4d

nodes and antinodes

#4.4.4e

(i) stationary wave patterns for a stretched string and air columns in closed and open tubes

(ii) techniques and procedures used to determine the speed of sound in air by formation of stationary waves in a resonance tube

PAG5

#4.4.4f

the idea that the separation between adjacent nodes (or antinodes) is equal to λ/2, where λ is the wavelength of the progressive wave

#4.4.4g

fundamental mode of vibration (1st harmonic); harmonics.