Does sound travel faster in water air or metal?

Answer 1

Sound travels faster through metal than through air. Sound waves can propagate faster through denser materials because the atoms are much closer to each other. The clarity of the sound is also maintained better in dense materials because the likelihood of an atom not transmitting it's "vibration" to another atom is much smaller with so many atoms packed together.

Answer 2

In metals. Sound travels much faster through metals than air. This is due to the molecular structure of air vs. metal. Air is less dense than metals therefor does not sustain speed for as long as in a more dense structure such as a metal. There are 2 vibrations that sound travels: longitudinal (pressure wave) and transverse (shear wave) The only type of wave present in air is a longitudinal wave whereas metals support both.

*The average speed of sound through dry air is: 1,500 m/s

*The average speed of sound through metals is: 5,000 m/s

Answer 3

The speed of sound becomes irrelevant once the sound has passed from the microphone head to the wire. That is because when sound waves hit the diaphragm part of a microphone, they are converted into electricity by other components inside the mic. It is this electrical signal that travels in the wire. Since electricity travels much faster than sound, It is quite possible to speak in a microphone in New York City, and have a speaker reconvert the audio signal into audible sound waves in Los Angeles almost instantaneously. I wish to point out that both sound waves and electricity are vibrations. what a microphone and speaker do is convert the vibrations from one type or frequency to another. everything in the universe is vibration.

Answer 4

Sound travels fastest in solids, such as metals, due to the high density and stiffness of the material. Water is the next fastest medium for sound transmission, followed by air, which has the slowest speed of sound due to its low density.

Answer 5

copper because sound travels faster through metal than through air

Answer 6

water because the molecules are more spread out than in metal thay are so compressed

Answer 7

sound travels faster in metal

Answer 8

it travles faster in a solid