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Does sound travel faster in air a liquid pure oxygen or in vacuum?
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∙ 16y ago
Due to the fact that sound does not travel in a vacuum, I would say that it is definitely not in a vacuum. But between oxygen and a liquid comes down to how sound is propagated. Sound is propagated by particles transferring energy by collision (which is why it cannot travel through a vacuum, no particles). Therefore, more particles you have in a given volume, the more likely collisions will happen, thus propagating the wave faster. Thus, sound would travel faster in a liquid due to its higher density.
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Light travels faster in liquid material with a higher index or reflection.
Does radiation require a heated liquid to transfer energy?
No. radiant energy (including heat) can pass though a vacuum.
Is the speed of light fastest in liquid?
It slows down somewhat. Anything that light can pass through, that is not a vacuum, slows it down to a greater or lesser degree. To scientists, the amounts are significant. In real-world terms, the amount is unnoticeable.
Is it possible for any type of particles to have velocity greater than the velocity of light. Justify your answer?
Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Yes, it is possible for particles to travel through a medium (not a vacuum!) faster than light can travel through that medium (not a vacuum!), which gives rise to Cherenkov radiation. Tachyons - a type of superluminal particle that is theorized but has never been observed - should be able to travel faster than light, but they would not be able to travel at or below light speed.
Light travels faster in?
light travels faster in vacuum.
Which is faster for viberating sound travel solid or liquid or gas or vacuum?
Sounds travel faster in solid materials than any other materials.
What medium sound waves travel through?
Sound waves can travel through any matter- liquid, gas or solids. The denser the matter, the faster the sound travels. It cannot travel through vacuum- a vacuum is an absence of matter.
Does mechanical waves travel faster through vacuum than through air?
Mechanical waves are waves that need medium to propagate so they don`t travel through vacuum but through solid , liquid or gas.
Does light travel faster in a vacuum?
Yes.
Do electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed as a vacuum?
They travel faster
What does sound go faster through a vacuum or a solid?
Sound does not travel in a vacuum. It needs a medium in which to travel (unlike light) and so sound cannot travel in a vacuum. However, in a solid sound travels faster than in air.
What does light travel faster in?
It travels fastest in a vacuum.
Does light travel faster in glass then it does in a vacuum?
No, slower.
What does sound have to have to travel?
A medium. Gas, liquid or solid. It can't travel in a vacuum.
Does one type of light travel faster then another in a vacuum?
no
Can anything travel faster than the speed of light through a vacuum?
No.
What medium do waves travel fastest in?
Solid, then liquid, then gas.
