The loudness level of a sound, D, in decibels, is given by the formula D = 10 log (10¹21), where I is the intensity of the sound, in watts per meter2. Decibel levels range from 0, a barely audible sound, to 160, a sound resulting in a ruptured eardrum. The sound of a certain animal can be heard 500 miles away, reaching an intensity of 7.5 × 10³ watts per meter². Determine the decibel level of this sound. At close range, can the sound of this animal rupture the human eardrum?
Properties of sound
A sound wave is a mechanical wave (or mechanical vibration) that transit through media such as gas (air), liquid (water), and solid (wood).
Quality Of Sound
A sound or a sound wave is defined as the energy produced due to the vibrations of particles in a medium. When any medium produces a disturbance or vibrations, it causes a movement in the air particles which produces sound waves. Molecules in the air vibrate about a certain average position and create compressions and rarefactions. This is called pitch which is defined as the frequency of sound. The frequency is defined as the number of oscillations in pressure per second.
Categories of Sound Wave
People perceive sound in different ways, like a medico student takes sound as vibration produced by objects reaching the human eardrum. A physicist perceives sound as vibration produced by an object, which produces disturbances in nearby air molecules that travel further. Both of them describe it as vibration generated by an object, the difference is one talks about how it is received and other deals with how it travels and propagates across various mediums.
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