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- What is the difference between a node and antinode?
- What is meant by node and antinode?
- What is the difference between nodes and antinodes in a standing wave?
- How do nodes form?
What is the difference between a node and antinode?
An antinode is the location where constructive interference of the incoming and reflected waves creates the maximum amplitude of the wave. In contrast, a node is the location where destructive interference diminishes the wave amplitude to zero.
What is meant by node and antinode?
A node is a point along a standing wave where the wave has minimum amplitude. ... The opposite of a node is an anti-node, a point where the amplitude of the standing wave is at maximum. These occur midway between the nodes.
What is the difference between nodes and antinodes in a standing wave?
Standing waves are formed by the superposition of two travelling waves of the same frequency (with the same polarisation and the same amplitude) travelling in opposite directions. ... Antinodes are points on a stationary wave that oscillate with maximum amplitude. Nodes are points of zero amplitude and appear to be fixed.
How do nodes form?
The nodes are produced at locations where destructive interference occurs. For instance, nodes form at locations where a crest of one wave meets a trough of a second wave; or a half-crest of one wave meets a half-trough of a second wave; or a quarter-crest of one wave meets a quarter-trough of a second wave; etc.
