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Sound travels through each medium (and each gas) at different velocities.
In air, sound travels at an approximate speed of 330 m/s.
Factors such as temperature and humidity also affect the speed of sound.
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Why speed of sound is more than liquid and gas?
Sound waves need a medium to travel through, and gas particles are spread out way more than liquid particles. This allows the sound to travel faster in more dense objects
Where do sound waves travel through?
Sound waves travel through matter, whether solid, liquid, or gas. They do not travel through vacuum.
The speed of sound, like all waves, depends on the ____ through which it travels?
Sound travels at different speeds depending on what it is traveling through. Of the three mediums (gas, liquid, and solid) sound waves travel the slowest through gases, faster through liquids, and fastest through solids. Temperature also affects the speed of sound.
Does sound travel in a liquid?
Yes sound can travel in liquid, its speed is lesser than that in solid and more than that of gas.
Does sound travel best through solids liquids or gases?
The speed of sound depends on the medium through which it is traveling. Sound travels fastest through solids, then liquids, and slowest through gases. As the molecules in a solid medium are closely packed together, sound waves can travel more quickly through it. Sound waves travel over 17 times faster through steel than through air. The molecules in a liquid medium are also more close together than a gaseous medium, so sound travels 4 times faster in fresh water as compared to air. In a gas, sound can travel only when molecules collide with each other, and as the molecules are quite far apart, the speed is slowest in gases.
Can Sound waves travel through gas liquid and solids.?
Yes, yes, and yes. Sound can travel through any compressible medium. The denser the medium, the faster sound will travel.
Does sound travel faster in desert or mountain air?
The speed of sound depends only on the temperature of the gas for an ideal gas. This implies that the ambient pressure on top of a mountain doesn't affect the propagation of sound in air. So the speed of sound should be larger in hot desert air compared to cold air on a mountain top.
Why the speed of sound is greater in steel than in fluid?
That is because sound waves travel through particles, and solid particles are closer than liquid/gas particles, thus, logically sound wave will travel faster in steel than in a fluid. :)
Does sound travel faster through a liquid or gas?
it travels fast in gases
What does sound need to travel through?
Sound (and vibration) are a wave system of sequential compressions and rarefactions of a material. These waves are mechanical and do need a substance through which to travel. They cannot travel through a vacuum.
How can the speed of sound through a gas increase?
The speed of sound may vary, depending on:* On the type of gas * On the temperature * On the pressure
Why do you think sound cannot travel through vacuum?
Sound travels by vibrating through matter (solid, liquid, gas) A vacuum is the absence of matter and with out matter there is nothing for sound to travel through
