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What waves travel faster through liquids and solids?

Sound waves, being longitudinal in nature, travels faster in liquids and solids.


Which medium does sound travel fastest in?

Sound travels faster in solids than it does in liquids. thus, sound travels faster in liquids than it does in solids


Sound travels through the air or water or solids by?

sound can travel in all three media(solids liquid and gas)and travels fastest through solids.


What sound wave travels fastest?

solids


How does sound travel through solids liquids gasses?

In solids, sound travels through the vibration of molecules in a compressional wave. In liquids, sound also travels through compressional waves but with less resistance to movement compared to solids. In gases, sound travels through the propagation of pressure waves created by vibrating molecules.


How is the speed of sound affected by medium it travels through?

Sound is affected by the media. It travels high speed in solids generally.


Sound travels as a what?

Sound travels as a wave through a medium, such as air, water, or solids. The vibrations of particles in the medium create pressure changes that propagate as sound waves.


Where does sound travel the best?

Sound travels the fastest through non-porous solids.


How does sound travels through the 3 states of matter?

Sound travels through solids the fastest, as the particles in solids are closely packed, enabling vibrations to propagate quickly. In liquids, sound travels at a slower speed compared to solids, as the particles are less tightly packed. In gases, sound travels slowest due to the large distance between particles, causing vibrations to propagate more slowly.


What material does sound travel the fastest?

Sound travels the fastest in solids. Solids being the most denser make sound travel fastest as compared to liquids and gases which have speed of sound relatively less than solids.


What surfaces does sound travel through?

It travels best through solids


How fast does sound move in solid?

Sound travels 16 times faster in solids then in air.