What is the relationship between Sound waves and temperatures?

[Soldat99]

Hi Everyone,

Currently I am studying Stationary Waves and the relationships between the standing wave pattern for a given harmonic and the length-wavelength relationships for open end air columns.

I came across a statement that says that there is a relationship between temperature and sound waves and the speed of sound is 340 m/s at room temperature

My Question is:

How does temperature affect the speed of sound? and Why?

Thanks For Helping :)

 

[kuruman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_sound

 

[Soldat99]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_sound

hmm, next time I am going to search wikipedia before i ask a question here!


Thanks for helping