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no, it's a mechanism for transmitting sound.

and sound isn't limited to gas either. It can pass through solids (you can listen through a wall or a door) and through liquids (you can still hear when your ears are submerged in a bath or a pool)

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Do sound waves travels faster in air or in gas?

Air is gas.


What does the propagation of sound waves in a gas involve?

The propagation of sound waves in a gas involves the compression and rarefaction of the gas molecules as the wave passes through. This creates areas of high and low pressure in the gas, which results in the transmission of sound energy. The speed of sound in a gas is determined by factors such as temperature, density, and the molecular composition of the gas.


How do sound waves travel through gas?

Compression waves (same as for solids & liquids).


A sound wave is a transverse wave?

No. At least in a gas and liquid, mechanical waves, including sound, can only propagate as longitudinal waves.


How does sound travel in solid liqiud and gas?

As pressure waves.


How do sound waves travel trough matter?

Sound waves travel through the three states of matter (gas, liquid and solid) by vibrations.


The propagation of sound waves in gas involves?

The propagation of sound waves in gas involves the vibration of gas particles. When an object vibrates or moves, it disturbs the air molecules around it, creating areas of high and low pressure. These pressure differences travel as waves through the air, which we perceive as sound.


What type instrument produce transverse wave?

If you mean sound waves, the only type of sound waves that can travel through air (or any gas, for that matter) is longitudinal waves.


Where do sound waves travel through?

Sound waves travel through a medium, such as air, water, or solids. In air, sound waves create vibrations that travel through molecules in the form of pressure waves. These waves carry the sound energy and allow the sound to be heard by our ears.


What wave travels through only matter?

Sound waves. No medium (matter) to carry it, no sound.


Do sound waves travel farther in liquid than in gas?

Yes.


How does sound travel through gas?

Sound travels by sound waves. Sound waves are vibrations of the gas particles which result in repeated squeezings/pullings away of the gas molecules. We usually say compressions and rarefactions. If you are in the presence of sound waves, they will enter your ears and make your eardrum move in and out very slightly. This movement is carried to the auditory nerve by tiny bones in your inner ear. The auditory nerves carry the tiny electrical impulses that the brain then deciphers as sound. The most common example of sound traveling through a gas is always around us, and that 'gas' is air. (really a number of gases mixed together.) This is why you cannot hear sounds in outer space . . . there IS no gas or anything else to carry sound waves.