Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!necntc!culdev1!drw From: drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley) Newsgroups: rec.audio,sci.physics,sci.electronics Subject: Mercury Filled Speaker Wire Message-ID: <1566@culdev1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 11:37:44 EDT Article-I.D.: culdev1.1566 Posted: Thu Sep 24 11:37:44 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 16:50:22 EDT Organization: Cullinet Software, Westwood, MA, USA Lines: 9 Xref: mnetor rec.audio:3404 sci.physics:2269 sci.electronics:1413 jong@hounx.UUCP (J.LEE) writes: > The wave length of 20 K Hz tone is 5 kilometers??? > Nah. The velocity of sound is about 300 m/s at room temperature. > This makes the wave length of 20 KHz sinusoid 0.015m (=300/20k) > or 1.5 cm (~0.6 in). I meant, the electromagnetic wavelength. Dale