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Speed Of Sound Through Solids, Liquids And Gases - BYJU'S

E-flat Alto Saxophone 1 Book. Imagine a church bell. When a bell rings, it vibrates, which means the bell itself flexes inward and outward very rapidly. As the bell moves outward, it pushes against particles of air.

Those air particles then push against other adjacent air particles, and so on. As the bell flexes inward, it pulls against the adjacent air particles, and they, in turn, pull against other air particles. This push and pull pattern is a sound wave.


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The vibrating bell is the original disturbance, and the air particles are the medium. Sound isn't restricted to moving through the air.

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Press your ear against a solid surface like a table and close your eyes. Tell someone else to tap his or her finger on the other end of the table. The tapping becomes the initial disturbance. Each tap sends vibrations through the table.

Speed Of Sound Through Solids, Liquids And Gases

The particles in the table collide with each other and become the medium for the sound. The particles in the table collide with air particles between the table and your eardrum. When a wave moves from one medium to another like this, it's called transmission. The air particles collide with your ear's tympanic membrane , also known as the eardrum. This sets off a series of vibrations in several structures inside the ear.