i would like to know about the change that would take place if any if the speed frequency wavelength of a wave in a ripple tank when a wave is refracted and diffracted

User Icon for drwls drwls answered
15 years ago

Wave speeds and frequencies do not change with refraction or reflection. However, speed depends upon wavelength (and water depth), so most water waves are a mixture of difference frequencies that do not move as a single-frequency wave train.