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Sound travels fastest through more dense materials.
Oil is more is less dense than water, meaning that sound travels faster through water than oil.
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Why is the speed of sound greater for stone than water or air?
Sound can travel better through denser objects, so since stone is denser than water and air, sound can travel faster through it.
Sound travels faster through what?
The speed of sound is determined by what it travels through. It travels faster through dense mediums, such as liquids, and doesn't travel at all in space, because there are no molecules to move sound waves along.
Why is the speed of sound in water faster than in air?
Sound waves travel faster in water than in air because of the particle configuration. The particles in water are closer to each other compared to the particles in air. Since sound travels with one particle bumping into another and causing it to vibrate, sound waves travel faster in water.
Would sound waves travel faster in water or steel?
I am not sure about distance, I think it may be further but NOT SURE, But, I do know it travels WAY faster in steel, something like 10 times faster.
What type of waves travel through liquids fastest?
there is no specific wave they all travel faster through water but scientifically speaking sesmic waves do i belive also 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.
Does sound travel faster in the air or water?
Sound travels faster in water thanin air.
Where does sound travel faster in water or land?
water
Does sound travel faster in sea water or air?
it travels faster in water
Does sound travel faster through wood or water?
Water.
Does sound travel faster through a solid or water?
sound travel faster through soled because of tighter packed particles
Would sound travel faster through water or through air?
sound travels faster through water than air.
Does sound travel faster in heat or water?
Sound doesn't travel in heat. It travels in a physical medium.
What does sound travel faster through than water?
aluminum
Does sound travel faster in a Ice Steam or water?
Ice.
Does sound travel faster in sea water due to the salt?
No
Why does sound travel faster in water than on air?
because water is denser than air. sound travelles faster in dinser places.
What does sound travel the fastest in air or water?
faster in water than in air <><><> Agree. The denser the material, the faster sound travels through it.
