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Mechanical waves (like sound) require things to bang into each other, or at least push each other around, to continue to be a wave propagation. In space, there isn't enough stuff close enough together to carry a wave in that form. Electromagnetic waves, on the other hand, umm... are a different theory.
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∙ 13y agoMechanical waves need a material medium to get propagated. Since empty space does not have any matter, mechanical waves cannot be propagated through it.
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∙ 11y agoDefinitely could not. Because mechanical waves badly need a material medium to get propagated. Sound needs atleast air medium to pass through
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∙ 12y agoNo.
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Electromagnetic waves can travel through a?
Vacuum
What do Mechanical waves must travel through?
Mechanical waves may travel through any medium except vacuum.
Unlike mechanical waves electromagnetic waves can travel through .?
Vacuum
Does mechanical waves travel faster through vacuum than through air?
Mechanical waves are waves that need medium to propagate so they don`t travel through vacuum but through solid , liquid or gas.
Can mechanical waves travel through any type of medium?
Yes, except vacuum. Only Electromagnetic waves can travel through vacuum.
Electromagnetic waves can travel through a?
Vacuum
What do Mechanical waves must travel through?
Mechanical waves may travel through any medium except vacuum.
Unlike mechanical waves electromagnetic waves can travel through .?
Vacuum
Does mechanical waves travel faster through vacuum than through air?
Mechanical waves are waves that need medium to propagate so they don`t travel through vacuum but through solid , liquid or gas.
Can mechanical waves travel through any type of medium?
Yes, except vacuum. Only Electromagnetic waves can travel through vacuum.
Is light an example of mechanical wave?
No. Light is an example of an electromagnetic wave, which can travel through a vacuum. Mechanical waves must travel through a medium, and cannot travel through a vacuum.
Is it true that unlike mechanical waves electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum such as you would find in space?
Correct, electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum. Sunlight is an example of this.
Can mechanical waves travel through the vacuum?
Since most mechanically driven waves are sound than: No.
What kind of waves that need a liquid?
Mechanical waves require a medium, as opposed to electromagnetic waves which can travel through a vacuum.
Electromagnetic waves are not mechanical waves which means they can travel in a?
vacuum
Why does a sound wave travel the slowest in a vacuum?
Sound waves don't just travel the slowest in a vacuum, they don't travel at all. The reason is that sound waves, like all mechanical waves, need a medium to travel through.
Where do mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves travel fastest?
Mechanical waves travel fastest in mechanically-most-dense media. Electromagnetic waves travel fastest in optically-least-dense media.
