Beat Frequency

Photograph of beat frequency
Apparatus:
tuning fork on wave guide, tuning fork dampened with tape, rubber-tipped mallet

Description:
For beat frequency, one tuning fork should be mounted on a wave guide, and the other tuning fork of the same frequency should have tape on one of the tines. Smash the bases of the two forks together and set the free fork on the wave guide as well. The beats will sound like a warbling. Otherwise, take tuning forks and set them into resonance using the rubber mallet.

PIRA 3B60.10