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Explain why sound travels faster through iron than through air?
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∙ 12y ago
Sound can travel faster in metal than in air because the molecules in a solid (which is a metal in this case) are arranged closely together and they are tightly packed which means that the sound can travel faster in a solid as opposed to air (gas) which has molecules that are far apart.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoin steel sound travel faster than water because liquids are more denser than gases but less denser than solids so solids is more denser than liquids and gases.so in steel sound travels more faster than water
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∙ 8y agobecause in air there is a small pressure buildup so sound gets trapped in that buildup. Now if you are trapped in iron there isn't as much air so there isn't as much of a buildup.
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No, that's not the reason. Sound (a vibration) travels through a medium at a speed proportional to the medium's density. So as iron is more dense than air, sound travels through it more rapidly.
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∙ 11y agobecause the atoms of metals are closer in metals than in air .thus the get transferred easily in metals than in air.
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∙ 12y agoiron is a solid meaning the particles are closer together. the closer the particles the the less distance the sound waves have to travel from particle to particle
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Does sound travels faster through water or air?
Sound waves travel faster through denser mediums, and water is denser than air, so sound travels faster through water than air
Do sound waves travel faster through air than solids?
No. In general, the denser the medium, the faster sound travels.
Where do sound waves travel at their fastest?
Sound travel faster in solids than in liquids, and faster in liquids than in gases. Sound travels faster in water than in the air but in solids it travels about eight times faster. Sound travels at the fastest speed in steel. In solids it travel faster in a hot surface, the particles move faster if the solid is cold its slower the movement.
Witch objects does sound travel through?
Sound can travel through most substances but the loudness depends on the substance.
Does sound travel faster through water than it does through air?
Speed of sound in water is approximately 1500 meters per second. ( The exact speed depends on the depth of water and its density) and the speed of sound in air is approximately 340 meters per second. So sound is almost 4.4 times faster in water than in air.
Which sound travels faster the birdschirping or the whales siging explain how you decided?
A whale's song travels faster than a bird's chirp. This is because a whale's song travels through water, where sound moves much faster than it does in air.
Does sound travel faster through steel or cloth?
sound travels faster through steel
Does sound travel faster through a solid block of metal or through air?
Sound travels faster through air. Though sound travels farther through solid objects (vibrations), it is faster when traveling through air waves.
Does sound travels faster or slower through a solid than through air?
Faster.
Can a sound be faster than a other sound?
yes, sound travels faster in liquids and solids than in gases e.g. faster in water than through air. The denser the solid, the faster the sound travels.
Will sound travel faster in solid liquid or gas?
Sound is a compression wave that travels via then vibrations of particles. If the particles are closer together then the wave (sound) moves faster. Particles are closer together in a liquid than a gas, therefore sound travels faster through liquids.
Would sound travel faster through water or through air?
sound travels faster through water than air.
Through which material does sound travel faster?
Sound travels faster through solid materials. The 2nd fastest is liquids.
Does sound travel faster or slower through a solid than through air?
sound travels faster through a solid than through air
How a medium affect sound?
Sound speed is changing with medium. Metal medium has high speedsfor sound.
Does sound travel faster through water than air?
yeah sound travels fastest through solids , than that through liquids and slowest in air and does not travel through Vaccum
Why does sound travel slower through liquids?
It doesn't, sound travels slowest in air then faster in liquids then solids. Sound traveling through steel in many times faster then through air, for example. Sound travels through vibrations, and the vibrations pass through molecules until they reach your ear. If the molecules are far away it takes longer to pass the vibrations, but if they are closer together they will travel faster. Because the molecules are packed closer together in a liquid the sound travels faster through it, and even faster through solids.
