The Speed of sound in AIR at 0 degrees C and 1 atmosphere (sea level) is 1190km/h or 331m/s (740mi/h).
At higher altitudes the atmospheric pressure is lower, therefore the speed of sound is lower. The speed of sound in a vacuum is ZERO, since the DENSITY of a vacuum is ZERO
The DENSITY and ELASTICITY of a medium are the 2 MAIN factors in differences in speed as sound travels through a substance.
DENSITY of an object, is the mass/volume, ie kg/cubic meter.
ELASTICITY is a property of an object or material which will restore it to its original shape after distortion, or how compressible a substance is (Hardness). A LARGE elasticity value indicates a relative UNcompressable substance. ie RUBBER is less than 0.1, whereas DIAMOND is 1100-1200. seawater is 2.35
In GENERAL terms the higher the density of a substance, the higher the elasticity as well, and the faster sound travels through it. (speed of sound in diamond is >18000m/s [NOT a typo ... 18 kilometers per second])
Temperature also plays a part, but only really in liquids and gasses. (Temperature doesn't effect the crystalline structure of most solids very much, except close to the melting point where covalent bonds start breaking prior to a change of state.)
Since higher temperature gasses and liquids have a higher kinetic energy value (they vibrate faster) this makes it easier to transfer shock waves between adjacent particles, thus waves travel FASTER through higher temperature versions of the same medium, even though the density is lower. ie sound travels faster through air or water at 90 deg than the same substance at 20 deg.
340.29 m/s
I guess you refer to the speed of sound. The speed of sound depends on the material sounds goes through, as well as temperature, pressure, humidity, among others. For example, the speed of sound in air is around 350 meters/second; in some other materials it can be several times as fast.
The speed of sound is measured by timing how long it takes for a sound wave to travel a known distance. By dividing the distance by the time taken, the speed of sound can be calculated.
The speed of sound in space is zero because there is no medium for sound waves to travel through. In other mediums, such as air or water, the speed of sound varies depending on factors like temperature and density.
No, the speed of sound is not dependent on frequency. It is determined by the medium through which the sound waves travel.
No, the speed of sound is faster in solids.
The speed of light is much greater than the speed of sound.
The Sound of Speed was created in 1988.
The loudness of the sound has no effect on its speed.
The speed of light is about 900,000 times as fast as the speed of sound in air.
As a rule the speed of sound increases with increasing density of the medium.
No, not quite. The sound travels at the speed of sound to your ear.
the sound travels at the speed of sound, but the gasses dont
The speed of sound depends on the air factors around it
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No, it is not.