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What is the reason for sound travelling at different speeds in the 3 states of matter?
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∙ 15y ago
Sound travels through matter by the transfer of energy from one molecule (or atom) to the next. Picture striking a row of pool balls straight on end with another pool ball. The balls won't move (and, in a perfect collision, the striking ball will stop as well) except for the ball at the far end of the row, which will move away from the row. This is the principle behind those annoying desktop clacker toys with the swinging metal balls, and it is a simple way to envision how sound travels. Now, in the three states of matter, the "balls" are different distances apart, from very close (solid) to somewhat distant (liquid) to quite far (gaseous). It takes longer for one "ball" to get to another and transfer its energy the farther apart they are. Hence, different speeds.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoSound travels through a medium. Sound travels in waves. The denser the matter the more vibrations can occur and then the vibrations can affect the neighbouring particles.
Sound travels fastest in the densest material.
Gas - slowest (approximately 1km / sec)
Liquid
Solid - fastest
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∙ 9y agoSound is transmitted by molecules (or atoms) bumping into other molecules. Since there are differences in the distance between those molecules in different substances, as well as the molecule's speeds and masses, you can expect that the speed will also vary.
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