Physics Demo Manual

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Harmonic Motion  Waves  Acoustics   video  - Bull Whip  Equal Loudness Fletcher Munson Experiment  Loud Speaker Demonstrator  Sound Intensity  Electrical Fourier Synthesizer  Mechanical Fourier Synthesizer  Resonant Chambers  Microphone and Oscilloscope  Instruments

Equal Loudness Fletcher Munson Experiment Purpose: To demonstrate that the sensitivity of human ear is frequency dependent. Procedure: The demonstration uses the Fletcher-Munson box, two PASCO oscillators, a good fidelity PASCO speaker and an oscilloscope. Connect two oscillators to the Fletcher-Munson box input. One oscillator is a reference signal and another is an adjustable signal. Connect one output of the box to a speaker and another to the oscilloscope. Set the same frequency of 1000Hz on both oscillators and adjust the level of the adjustable signal so it sounds as loud as the reference signal. Check on the scope for precise adjustment. Then change the adjustable frequency to 100Hz or 10,000Hz and compare the loudness wrt the reference signal again. Notice noticeable change in the loudness perception while the amplitude of all the signals on the scope remains unchanged.