An interesting anomaly in the familiar Kundt tube experiment and the eighty-year search for an interpretation is reviewed for teachers of physics. Unfortunately the correct explanation of this phenomenon, although available, is rarely cited and known to very few. The work and explanation of Andrade are presented and expanded in hopes of remedying this situation.
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© 1955 American Association of Physics Teachers.
1955
American Association of Physics Teachers
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