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Do all waves need a medium?

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No...electromagnetic waves require no medium

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Which one out of p waves s waves and surface waves need medium?

They all do.


What types of waves require a medium?

Mechanical waves.For example, sound waves, ocean waves, etc.Many waves need a medium to travel: sound waves, water waves, and seismic waves.Electromagnetic waves do not need a medium.


What waves need a medium and which don't?

sound waves, water waves, shockwaves need mediums. Electromagnetic waves do not need a medium


What waves need a medium to travel in?

Mechanical waves need a medium to travel in


What wave that need a medium in order to propagate?

All sound waves, be that ultrasound or audible sound. Likewise water waves...


All waves need a medium in order to travel?

light waves do not need a medium. Electromagnetic Waves (EM) do not need a medium. For example visible light, radio waves, microwaves, UV light and x-rays do not. These travel @ 300 million meters/sec in a vacuum.


Why does a wave travel a medium?

Waves do not need a medium all time.it depends like u need no medium when it is electromagnetic wave.


All waves need a medium to travel?

No, only surface and mechanical waves need a medium, compressional waves can travel through space. (Such as light from the Sun).I think light (EM) waves are the only ones that can travel through a vacuum. Sound waves require a medium.


What kind of waves need a medium?

Mechanical waves require a medium.


Do radio waves need a medium to travel through?

Radiation doesnt need a medium because it travels through space


Does waves need a medium to travel through?

No. Electromagnetic waves travel through vacuum ( ie space where there is nothing)


Do all waves need a medium to travel through true or false?

false