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When sound reaches a boundary between two different media, some energy is reflected back, some is absorbed as heat, and some is transferred through the new medium.
The overall effect of this is that the sound is indeed quieter in the new medium than it was in the old.
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Which material does sound go through the quickest?
There is no material sound can go through the quickest. Sound always have the same speed.
How does the sound of a clarinet get louder?
The sound of a clarinet gets louder as the musician blows harder into it. Also, the musician tightens the mouth to make the sound more stable, so you can make it even louder.To make the clarinet go quieter, you do not blow as much air into the clarinet.
What happens to sound when Temperature decreases?
The pitch of sound decreases and the speed of sound will increase. These effects are because of the increased density of the medium. This applies to most materials: only in rare occasions does the density of a material decrease with a decrease in temperature (iron, when it changes temperature at some points, for example), resulting in the opposite effect (ask for the opposite). If the temperature goes down, the pitch of woodwind instruments go down too, but the pitch of string instruments go up.
How fast do you have to go to make a sonic boom?
Whatever material you're moving through, you have to move faster than the speed of sound in that material.
How do you make a 49cc pocketbike quieter?
go to a profesional to get a new muffler
When you have asthma does your voice go quieter?
No, it doesn't. Only when you're having an attack (or if you're just having trouble breathing) you have less air to talk and your voice goes quieter.
Why does sound go faster in metal than in air?
Sound travels by compression waves: transmission of sound requires particles (atoms, molecules) of the medium to be compressed and rarefied. There are more particles of material in dense objects and so sound travels faster.
Is it best to go to Florida in the summer?
I prefere October. Attractions are a lot quieter and the temperature is perfect .
Which way should i go when travelling from Brisbane to Canberra?
Travel via the quieter inland highways.
Why do quieter cars breed higher speed?
Go And Ask the guy who invented cars you idiot
What does scv mean on Chevy S-10 radio?
Speed control volume. Gets louder the faster you go and quieter the slower you go
How fast is the speed of sound and is it possible foran object to go faster then the speed of sound?
The speed of sound varies a lot, depending on the material through which it passes, and (to a minor degree) the temperature. In air, the speed of sound is about 330 meters/second, but in solids, the speed of sound can be several times larger than that. And yes, it is possible for an object to go faster than the speed of sound. Certain jet plains do that regularly.
