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Why the bells in temples and schools are mde up of metal and not of wood ?

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Because of two reasons (i) Damping is quite small in case of bell made up of metal (ii) Frequency of sound produced in case of metallic bell is very large and so sound produced is sharper, producing strong effect on ears.
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