Diagnostic ultrasound of frequency 4.92 MHz is used to examine tumors in soft tissue. (a) What is the wavelength in air of such a sound wave? (b) If the speed of sound in tissue is 1370 m/s, what is the wavelength of this wave in tissue? (Take the speed of sound in air to be 343 m/s.)
a)
frequency = 4.92 MHz
wavelength of sound in air = speed of sound in air/frequency
wavelength of sound in air = 343/(4.92 *10^6)
wavelength of sound in air = 6.97 *10^-5 m
the wavelength of sound in air is 6.97 *10-5 m
b) for the wavelength of sound in tissue
wavelength of sound in tissue = speed of sound in air/frequency
wavelength of sound in tissue = 1370/(4.92 *10^6)
wavelength of sound in tissue = 2.78 *10^-4 m
the wavelength of sound in tissue is 2.78 *10-4 m
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