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Sand on a vibrating plate makes crazy patterns. Chladni.

2011-04-23

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When a square plate resonates you can see the pattern of the standing wave formed by adding sand or salt. The particles come to rest on those parts of the plate that are not moving. These parts are called nodes and the patterns are called Chladni patterns.

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