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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
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Speed of sound in the 3 states of matter?
in a solid sound is able to move freely than the other three.in a liquid its not compactilble or in a gas.
How does the speed of sound in steel compare with the speed of sound in air?
The speed of sound in steel is faster than the speed of sound in air.
How fast do sound waves travel through liquid?
The speed of sound is the fastest through a solid. You can calulate the speed by the formula distance and time. It is the fastest through a solid because the molecules are closer together than the other states of matter, so the reaction time is shorter.
What vehicle is faster than sound?
Currently there are no regular vehicles that are faster than the speed of sound, although both the Concorde, and its Russian copy were faster than the speed of sound. There are plenty of military aircraft that are faster than the speed of sound. All spacecraft capable of reaching orbit are faster than the speed of sound. There have been two or three experimental vehicles, "cars", that have gone faster than the speed of sound as well.
Is wavelength of sound greater than light?
no,wave length of sound is equal to wavelength of sound as when thunder appears,light appears first than sound because of more speed than sound but we can't considere that wave length of sound is greater than that of light
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.
What is farster the speed of light or the speed of sound?
The speed of light is more than 850 thousand times the speed of sound.
Speed of sound in the 3 states of matter?
in a solid sound is able to move freely than the other three.in a liquid its not compactilble or in a gas.
What physical property of liquids and solids causes the speed of sound in them to be to be so much greater than the speed of sound in air?
Because of their density, sound waves in the air travel more quickly through the solid and liquid mediums. The energy of a compression wave (such as a sound wave) must pass from atom to atom, which makes the more tightly packed atoms of non-gascious mediums more efficient in transferring sound.
How does the speed of sound in air compare to the speed of sound in solid?
The speed of sound in a solid is faster than the speed of sound in air.
How does the speed of sound in steel compare with the speed of sound in air?
The speed of sound in steel is faster than the speed of sound in air.
Can a liquid create a sonic boom when it breaks the sound barrier- For example a huge drop of water travelling faster than the speed of sound?
You probably meant 'travelling faster than the speed of sound' since, according to most scientists, nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. It is most unlikely that any 'drop' of water could reach the speed of sound and thus break the sound barrier, since it would be slowed by wind resistance.
Speed of sound is maximum in which like in steel or solid and if anything else than please specify?
Speed of sound is maximum in STeel or solid.. if we compare the speed of sound in different mediums like vaccuum,water,solid..we will find it decreases with maximum in soild then liquid and then vaccuum
Should sound travel best on liquid or a gas?
If by best you mean fastest and/or furthest, than sound travels better through liquid. This is because the speed (and distance) of sound is dependent on the density of the medium it is traveling through. Since sound waves travel better with compression, they move faster in more solid mediums because of the mediums' tightly packed molecules.
Is the speed of sound as speed of light?
The speed of light is much greater than the speed of sound.
What is the definition of Supersonic Train?
a train whose speed is more than that of sound
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. :)
