What is the intensity of a sound which has a sound level of 35 dB?

Damon Vazquez

Damon Vazquez

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2022-09-30

What is the intensity of a sound which has a sound level of 35 dB?

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seppegettde

seppegettde

Beginner2022-10-01Added 7 answers

You can use the relationship:
I ( d B ) = 10 log ( I I 0 )
Where I 0 = 10 12 W m 2 represents the intensity just audible (correspnding to 0dB).
So:
35 = 10 log ( I 10 12 ); power 10 both sides and rearrange:
I = 3.2 × 10 9 W m 2

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