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Sound needs always a medium for transportation. Therefore in vacuum in outer space we cannot hear a sound, like they play us in Science Fiction films.
The speed of sound depends on the medium in which it is transported.
The speed of sound is slow in gases, like in air.
The speed of sound is faster in liquids, like in water.
The speed of sound is fastest in solids, like in metal.
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Sound waves are mechanical, and as those need - unlike electromagnetic waves like light - a medium to travel.
Speed in a solid material (a metal bar) - around 3000 m/s
Speed in water - around 1500 m/s
Speed in air - around 300 m/s
Speed in vacuum - exactly 0 m/s
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∙ 12y agoyes. In fact, sound cannot travel in vacuum (unlike transverse waves like light and radio waves). Sound requires a medium for it to propagate. Ancient people used to place their ears against the floor to detect enemy movement, and the reason they did this is because sound travel faster through the ground (a solid, which is a denser medium) as compared to air.
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Why is there no sound in the vacuum of space?
Because sound travells by air and if there is no air then sound cannot travel to your ears. A vacum is where there is no air e.g. space.
Which is faster for viberating sound travel solid or liquid or gas or vacuum?
Sounds travel faster in solid materials than any other materials.
Is water the material that sound travels fastest in?
no. the sound travells faster as the medium is denser. according to that fact, the sound will travel fastest in the steel.
Does sound travel faster or slower through a solid than through air?
sound travels faster through a solid than through air
Why can you not hear any sound in a vacuum?
Sound is produced when a certain thing causes the gas, water, or solid around your ear to vibrate, which in turn, is then received by the ear drum. When you are in a vacuum, there is no gas, liquid, or solid that sound is able to travel by.
What does sound go faster through a vacuum or a solid?
Sound travels faster through a solid than through a vacuum. In a solid, sound waves propagate through the material's molecules, leading to faster transmission. In a vacuum, there are no molecules to transmit sound, so it cannot travel at all.
Why is there no sound in the vacuum of space?
Because sound travells by air and if there is no air then sound cannot travel to your ears. A vacum is where there is no air e.g. space.
Which is faster for viberating sound travel solid or liquid or gas or vacuum?
Sounds travel faster in solid materials than any other materials.
Is water the material that sound travels fastest in?
no. the sound travells faster as the medium is denser. according to that fact, the sound will travel fastest in the steel.
How fast is the speed of sound through air?
at 0 degrees Celsius sound travells 330 metres per second at 20 degrees Celsius sound travells 340 metres per second at 30 degrees Celsius sound travells 350 metres per second in water sound travells 1400 meters per second through wood sound travells 4500 metres per second through steel sound travells 5000 metres per second
Will sound travel faster in solid or air?
Much faster in a solid
How fast is sound in mph?
Sound travells at 743 MPH.
Why sound travels?
sound travells by vibrating molecules in the air in a wavelike pattern.
Does sound travel faster through a solid or water?
sound travel faster through soled because of tighter packed particles
How does the speed of sound in air compare to the speed of sound in solid?
The speed of sound in a solid is faster than the speed of sound in air.
Which medium sound travels faster?
solid
Does sound travel faster through a solid luquid or gas?
Solid
