Experiment name

Procedure

  1. Measure the Volume of a hall.

  2. Measure the area of different sound absorbing surfaces.

Observation

1. For a hall,

       l = ______m²

       b = _____m²

       h = _____m²

2. Volume of hall,

       l × b × h = _____ m³

3. Total absorption

total absorption formula

Calculations

Sabine’s formula

Observation Table

Object Surface Area Absorption Coefficient Total Absorption
Walls ___ m² 0.03
Floor ___ m² 0.01
Ceilings ___ m² 0.04
Soft board ___ m² 0.3
Wooden door ___ m² 0.3
Curtains ___ m² 0.2
Person ___ m² 0.46
Straw board ___ m² 0.3
Sr. No. Particulars Readings
1 Length of a hall
2 Breadth of a hall
3 Height of a hall
4 Area of floor
5 Area of ceiling
6 Area of wall no.- 1
7 Area of wall no.- 2
8 Area of door
9 Effective area of wall no.- 2
10 Area of wall no.- 3
11 Area of wall no.- 4
12 Area of 3 windows
13 Effective area of wall no.- 4
14 Volume of a hall
16 Total Surface area of a hall

Result

  1. Reverberation time of Physics Laboratory is ____Sec.
  2. Reverberation time of hall is more / less / Optimum.