Matter through which a wave travels is named as material medium. Example air is a material medium needed for sound waves to pass through
According to De Broglie all the matter follows both particle nature and wave nature.The wave thus associated with the matter is called a matter wave.
The material through which a wave travels is called a medium. The properties of the medium, such as density and elasticity, determine how the wave propagates through it. Sound waves, for example, travel through air as the medium.
Matter vibrates in the same direction as the wave is traveling
compressional wave
Compression wave
transverse wave
There are mainly four types of matter waves: de Broglie waves, matter-wave interference patterns, standing matter waves, and matter-wave tunneling. These waves are associated with the wave-particle duality of matter, demonstrating the wave-like characteristics of particles at the quantum level.
This describes a mechanical wave, where matter oscillates in the same direction as the wave propagation. An example of this is a water wave as the water moves up and down in the direction of the wave.
The type of wave that moves through matter and vibrates your eardrums is called a sound wave.
A longitudinal wave.
Longitudinal wave.
A wave that can travel only through matter is termed mechanical wave.