A Ten-Year Exposure to the Sound of a Riveting Machine

question 94

Short Answer

A ten-year exposure to the sound of a riveting machine will cause your threshold of hearing to shift from 0 dB to 30 dB. What is the sound intensity corresponding to 30 dB?
The normal lowest detectable intensity is 1.0 × 10^-12 W/m².

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