The University of Southern Maine (USM) Chemistry Club is ever expanding its repertoire of scientific demonstrations to educate people of all ages as well as to evoke curiosity into the ways that the universe works. This year, we have constructed a Rubens' tube, which is also referred to as a standing wave flame tube. This is an apparatus that utilizes a source of sound, a combustible gas, and a perforated tube to exhibit the relationship between sound waves and pressure changes caused by them.

Construction of a Rubens' tube for use in educational demonstrations

247th National Meeting (2014)

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