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DCS# 3B25.10NWU#  Location:   6B5
title: Pulse hitting a boundary.
aka:  reflection and transmission

Description:
Slower medium (long rods) is connected directly to a faster medium (short rods).  A pulse started from one medium will hit the boundary and exhibit transmission as well as reflection.

Question?
   Describe what happens to a pulse going from the fast medium to the slow medium.
   Describe what happens to a pulse going from the slow medium to the fast medium.
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