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It all goes back to the basic properties of the states of matter. Solids have a definite volume and shape. Liquids have a definite volume but take on the shape of their container. Gases (including "air") have an indefinite volume (meaning that you can compress it) and also take on the shape of their container. Since air is compressible, it can give, much like a spring, thus introducing delay when there is considerable distance.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoI believe this is related to the fact that the atoms are closer together, in the case of water.
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Why is the speed of sound greater for stone than water or air?
Sound can travel better through denser objects, so since stone is denser than water and air, sound can travel faster through it.
Do sound waves travel faster in water or in cooking oil?
I would say the water is quicker Sound travels fastest through more dense materials. Oil is more is less dense than water, meaning that sound travels faster through water than oil.
Sound travels faster through what?
The speed of sound is determined by what it travels through. It travels faster through dense mediums, such as liquids, and doesn't travel at all in space, because there are no molecules to move sound waves along.
What type of waves travel through liquids fastest?
there is no specific wave they all travel faster through water but scientifically speaking sesmic waves do i belive also The speed of sound depends on the medium in which it is transported. The speed of sound is slow in gases, like in air. The speed of sound is faster in liquids, like in water. The speed of sound is fastest in solids, like in metal.
Is sound waves matter?
No,because it does not take up room.But I will tell you that steam is.
Would sound travel faster through water or through air?
sound travels faster through water than air.
Does sound travel faster through wood or water?
Water.
Does sound travel faster through a solid or water?
sound travel faster through soled because of tighter packed particles
Does sound or light travel faster through water?
Light travels much faster than sound, through wood.
What will travel faster through water than through air?
Sound
Does sound travel faster through ice snow water or steam?
what does sound travel through fastest ice,snow,water,steam
What does sound travel faster through than water?
aluminum
What does sound travel the fastest in air or water?
faster in water than in air <><><> Agree. The denser the material, the faster sound travels through it.
Do sound waves travel faster through wood or water?
Yes i guess sound waves travel faster through wood than in water. Because molecules are tightly packed in wood(solid) than in water(liquid).
Does sound travels faster through water or air?
Sound waves travel faster through denser mediums, and water is denser than air, so sound travels faster through water than air
Does sound travel faster through water than air?
yeah sound travels fastest through solids , than that through liquids and slowest in air and does not travel through Vaccum
Does sound travel through water and solids faster than air?
Yes, and faster through solids than liquids.
