during the propagation of traverse wave the molecules of medium vibrate up and down from mean position in the form of crest and trough.Example:wave in spring,wave in waterWater is the typical example given, but the water wave is a compressive wave at a boundary -- sort of a half transverse wave. Light is the physic's transverse wave. It too should be looked at suspiciously.
A mechanical wave such as a sound wave requires a medium to travel through.
No, particles of the medium do not become part of the wave
The spring is their medium.
Changing the medium of the wave
If the wave requires a medium then it is a mechanical wave.
during the propagation of traverse wave the molecules of medium vibrate up and down from mean position in the form of crest and trough.Example:wave in spring,wave in waterWater is the typical example given, but the water wave is a compressive wave at a boundary -- sort of a half transverse wave. Light is the physic's transverse wave. It too should be looked at suspiciously.
A mechanical wave such as a sound wave requires a medium to travel through.
It depends on what type of wave and in which medium.
No, particles of the medium do not become part of the wave
The spring is their medium.
In this type of wave, the medium moves perpendicularly to the direction of the wave.
Changing the medium of the wave
The disappearance of a wave into a medium is called absorption.
The medium of a wave is the matter a wave travels through.So yeah, if you wiggle a rope, the medium isn't the air around the rope... the medium is the rope itself!
The medium of any wave is the material that the wave energy travels through; in this case water.
medium is the matter a wave trvels through