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something about vibrations like try to make sounds in the air with your fist and then try do the same thing to the wall you can hear it louder because it has a different matter to carry the sound in (I'm going with a little bit of facts and a little bit of what i think lol =P)

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Does sound travel best though solid liquid gas?

Sound travels fastest through solids because the particles are packed close together, allowing vibrations to pass quickly from one particle to the next. In liquids, particles are more spread out, causing sound to travel slower than in solids. In gases, the particles are even farther apart, resulting in the slowest speed of sound transmission.


Does sound go faster through water or iron?

Sound travels faster in iron. Usually sound travels faster in media with higher density. Also presence of lattice makes difference too.


Will a seismic wave traveling through solid go faster or slower than a seismic wave traveling through liquid?

Mechanical waves (like seismic waves) will travel faster through a solid than a liquid.


How does sound go through objects?

Sound can travel through solids, liquids, and gases by causing the particles of the medium to vibrate. When a sound wave encounters a material, the particles in the material vibrate and transfer the sound energy through the medium. The denser the material, the faster sound will travel through it.


Sound waves travel fastest through solids?

In a nutshell. As most people could/would/should know is that matter is denser in a solid. AKA gas is less dense than solid. Sound waves travel through these gasses and solids. Sound travels like waves on water. With this effect, the matter in something such as a table is closer and denser than air. It travels faster as a result and you hear it better. Try it sometime by putting your head on a table then tapping it and taking your head off and tapping. The sound is significantly lower. This is ALSO why you cannot hear noise in space, go gas or solid for sound to go through = no sound. Sound relies on the compression and rarefaction of solids and gasses to get around. Again. Sound is like water waves. Answer by Mathew Cutshall

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What does sound go faster through a vacuum or a solid?

Sound travels faster through a solid than through a vacuum. In a solid, sound waves propagate through the material's molecules, leading to faster transmission. In a vacuum, there are no molecules to transmit sound, so it cannot travel at all.


Why does silver foil reflect sound?

Becuase sound can not go through solid objects.


Will a seismic wave go faster through a liquid or a solid?

Solid, because that kind of wave goes fastest through solids


What type of medium does sound go through?

Solid, liquid or gas.


Can sound travel through oxygen?

Yes, sound can travel through oxygen. Sound waves are able to travel through any medium that has molecules, including gases like oxygen. However, sound travels faster through solids and liquids compared to gases.


Does sound travel best though solid liquid gas?

Sound travels fastest through solids because the particles are packed close together, allowing vibrations to pass quickly from one particle to the next. In liquids, particles are more spread out, causing sound to travel slower than in solids. In gases, the particles are even farther apart, resulting in the slowest speed of sound transmission.


How does the speed of sound compare with its speed through liquids and solids?

When sound waves go through liquids, they travel five times as faster than they do on land. When sound waves go through solids though, they don't go as fast.


Does sound go faster through water or iron?

Sound travels faster in iron. Usually sound travels faster in media with higher density. Also presence of lattice makes difference too.


Will a seismic wave traveling through solid go faster or slower than a seismic wave traveling through liquid?

Mechanical waves (like seismic waves) will travel faster through a solid than a liquid.


How much faster Does sound go faster through water or air?

1500 m/s water 334 m/s air


How does sound go through objects?

Sound can travel through solids, liquids, and gases by causing the particles of the medium to vibrate. When a sound wave encounters a material, the particles in the material vibrate and transfer the sound energy through the medium. The denser the material, the faster sound will travel through it.


How does Earth solid core affect seismic waves?

They go faster through the inner core than the liquid outer core.