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Why is the velocity of sound greater in solids than in gas or liquid?
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∙ 13y ago
The speed of sound is greater in solids because the molecules of solids are so much closer together - it takes less time, then, for the sound waves to transfer from one molecule to the next, and to the next, and so on.
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