Do sound waves travel faster through gases or solids?

Answer 1

Of the three mediums (gas, liquid, and solid) sound waves travel the slowest through gases, faster through liquids, and fastest through solids. This is because longitudinal waves require collisions between particles to transmit energy - in dense materials, the atoms are closer together, leading to more collisions per second, increasing the speed of transmission. Temperature also affects the speed of sound.

Answer 2

Sound waves are longitudinal waves, meaning they travel through molecules bouncing off each other. Therefore, in solids where the molecules are closer to each other, sound travels the fastest. And they travel the slowest in gas, as the molecules are farther apart.

Answer 3

Gases, fewer particles to travel through, atoms are further apart.

Answer 4

The molecules are closer together in a solid so the vibration is passed onwards best through a solid.

Answer 5

yes they do. the only thing sound waves dont travel through is a vaccuum( a space of nothingness e.g. in side a bell jar with all the air sucked out. OR space)

Answer 6

Solids.