Table of Some Sound Sources
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Situation
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sound sourcesound power
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wattssound power
level Lw
dB re 10−12 WRocket engine 1,000,000 W 180 dB Turbojet engine 10,000 W 160 dB Siren 1,000 W 150 dB Heavy truck engine or
loudspeaker rock concert100 W 140 dB Machine gun 10 W 130 dB Jackhammer 1 W 120 dB Excavator, trumpet 0.3 W 115 dB Chain saw 0.1 W 110 dB Helicopter 0.01 W 100 dB Loud speech,
vivid children0.001 W 90 dB Usual talking,
Typewriter10−5 W 70 dB Refrigerator 10−7 W 50 dB
Usable music sound (trumpet) and noise sound (excavator) both have the same sound power of 0.3 watts, but will be judged psychoacoustically to be different levels.
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