- Speed of sound - Wikipedia
In colloquial speech, speed of sound refers to the speed of sound waves in air The speed of sound varies from substance to substance, however: typically, sound travels most slowly in gases, faster in liquids, and fastest in solids
- What is the Speed of Sound? (with pictures) - AllTheScience
The speed of sound varies depending on altitude, temperature and the medium through which it travels For example, at sea level in a standard atmosphere, at a temperature of 59-degrees Fahrenheit (15 Celsius), sound travels 761 miles per hour (1,225 km p h)
- Speed of sound | Description Examples | Britannica
speed of sound, speed at which sound waves propagate through different materials In particular, for dry air at a temperature of 0 °C (32 °F), the modern value for the speed of sound is 331 29 metres (1,086 9 feet) per second
- Speed of Sound in Physics - Science Notes and Projects
Learn about the speed of sound in physics for solids, liquids, and gases Get the values in different units and see how to use the formulas
- The Science of Sound - NASA
The speed of sound Sonic booms When an airplane flies at or above the speed of sound, air molecules cannot move out of the way of the airplane fast enough, so the pressure waves combine to generate a large shockwave, which people on the ground hear as a sonic boom What is a sonic boom?
- Physics Tutorial: The Speed of Sound
Sound travels faster in solids than it does in liquids; sound travels slowest in gases such as air The speed of sound can be calculated as the distance-per-time ratio or as the product of frequency and wavelength
- 17. 3: Speed of Sound - Physics LibreTexts
The speed of sound can change when sound travels from one medium to another, but the frequency usually remains the same This is similar to the frequency of a wave on a string being equal to the frequency of the force oscillating the string
- Speed of sound - Oxford Reference
The speed at which sound waves are propagated through a material medium In air at 20°C sound travels at 344 m s−1, in water at 20°C it travels at 1461 m s−1, and in steel at 20°C at 5000 m s−1
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