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Dry air at has a ratio of specific heats and the speed of sound measured is
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Waves · Waves
Problem
Dry air at
300
K
300\,\text{K}
300
K
has a ratio of specific heats
γ
1
=
1.40
\gamma_1=1.40
γ
1
=
1.40
and the speed of sound measured is
349
m
s
−
1
349\,{\rm m\,s^{-1}}
349
m
s
−
1
. Keeping the temperature the same, calculate the speed of sound in moist air for which
γ
2
=
1.33
\gamma_2=1.33
γ
2
=
1.33
.
Related theory
Kinetic Theory of Gases
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