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Why can't metal be used as a dielectric in a capacitor?
A metal can transmit the electron and the force so it is not a dielectric to electrons.
What material conducts sound best?
Any matter can conduct sound reasonably well. Only empty space (not gas) is a poor conducter. As for speed, the more dense an object is, the faster sound travels through it. So sound travels much faster in a solid than a gas.
Why is it that light can travel to Earth from a distant star but sound cannot?
Sound is a vibration that must travel through some medium such as air or water. Space is a vacuum and so cannot transmit sound. Light is an electromagnetic wave; it is self-propagating.
Can sounds travel through water?
Yes, Sound can go through water. And it is also pretty amzing too!!! Sound can travel through water quite well, even more efficiently than through air. This is because sound is a wave that requires a medium for its transmission, and the higher the density of the medium, the greater the efficiency of transmission. "Efficiency" for this discussion means that the overall amplitude (strength) of the sound is not diminished. However, it should also be understood that sound, as we know it, is comprised of many different frequencies, some higher and some lower. Not all of these will retain their same relative amplitude as they transmit through different materials. So the sound you hear underwater will be different than the sound we are accustomed to hearing through the air. Water is denser than air, so it will transmit sound more efficiently than air. Also understand that sound traveling through air loses much of its original energy (loudness) because air is a relatively poor medium through which to transmit sound. Likewise, since water is so much better, the same sound will seem louder under water. But it is not louder. It just retains more of its original energy. This is why tapping your fingers on an aquarium is not such a good idea. It creates a sound in the water that is much louder than the tapping sound you hear through the air, and which causes great stress to the aquarium fish. Sound will not transmit through a vacuum.
What is the traveling of concentrated light through long tiny fibers of glass to carry sound?
Fiber optics does not transmit sound. The long tiny fibers are long narrow strands of glass or a glass-like material generally referred to as optical fibers. Light travels inside these strands with little loss. Modulating the light makes the light into a signal and so the light can carry information. One common use of optical fibers to transmit information is the use to communicate phone calls, so sound is convered to a light signal and transmitted through optical fibers and at the other end it can be converted back into sound. Optical fibers do not transmit sound but transmit light that contains the information abut the sound. The phase "concentrated light" does not really apply to this process in an obvious way because "concentrated" is a term with meaning only in a comparative sense. Light is transmitted through optical fibers and carries digital information of all sorts.
What type of thing does not transmit sound?
Sound and vibration are transmitted by matter. So a vacuum will transmit neither.
What can't transmitted sound?
transmission of soud requires a medium so sound cannot transmit in vacuum
Things that sound can travel through?
Almost anything really. Anything that can transmit a vibration can transmit sound: air, water, metals, rocks, etc. However many objects will vibrate so little that the volume will become negligible.
Why can't metal be used as a dielectric in a capacitor?
A metal can transmit the electron and the force so it is not a dielectric to electrons.
What sound would a drum make on the moon?
There's no atmosphere to speak of on the Moon to transmit the sound, so you might not be able to hear it at all. If you, and the drum, were in a pressurized room, then it would make the same sound it makes on the Earth.
What material conducts sound best?
Any matter can conduct sound reasonably well. Only empty space (not gas) is a poor conducter. As for speed, the more dense an object is, the faster sound travels through it. So sound travels much faster in a solid than a gas.
Is water a conductor water or an insulator?
It depends. Pure water do not conduct electric current; on the other hand, we consider tap and river water as a conductor because of the ions of the decomposed materials in the water. Water transmits electricity, heat, and sound very well, so it is a conductor. An insulator would not transmit electricity, heat, or sound well.
Why is it that light can travel to Earth from a distant star but sound cannot?
Sound is a vibration that must travel through some medium such as air or water. Space is a vacuum and so cannot transmit sound. Light is an electromagnetic wave; it is self-propagating.
Can a sound travel without atmosphere?
Sound can travel through water, metal, rock and air, so the atmosphere isn't strictly needed for sound transmission.
Can sounds travel through water?
Yes, Sound can go through water. And it is also pretty amzing too!!! Sound can travel through water quite well, even more efficiently than through air. This is because sound is a wave that requires a medium for its transmission, and the higher the density of the medium, the greater the efficiency of transmission. "Efficiency" for this discussion means that the overall amplitude (strength) of the sound is not diminished. However, it should also be understood that sound, as we know it, is comprised of many different frequencies, some higher and some lower. Not all of these will retain their same relative amplitude as they transmit through different materials. So the sound you hear underwater will be different than the sound we are accustomed to hearing through the air. Water is denser than air, so it will transmit sound more efficiently than air. Also understand that sound traveling through air loses much of its original energy (loudness) because air is a relatively poor medium through which to transmit sound. Likewise, since water is so much better, the same sound will seem louder under water. But it is not louder. It just retains more of its original energy. This is why tapping your fingers on an aquarium is not such a good idea. It creates a sound in the water that is much louder than the tapping sound you hear through the air, and which causes great stress to the aquarium fish. Sound will not transmit through a vacuum.
Which of those 50 dollar digitech distortion pedals has the best sound like bad monkey grunge death metal etc?
i had a grunge before the flood. i really liked it. death metal is the same as grunge only a little heavier and you cant control the amount of distortion so its all or nothing. bad monkey is more for blues, unles you put it through a grunge or death metal as well, then you have the purest metal sound around.
Throbbing in your left ear that sounds like a heart beat?
arteries pumping blood to the brain pass close to the inner ear and so transmit sound
