How the behavior of waves is affected by a medium

1 answer:

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The medium determines the speed of the wave traveling in it, which also can have a number of other effects, including how much the wave bends (refracts), whether it reflects, etc.
Because waves move through space, they must have a velocity. The velocity of a wave is a function of the type of wave, and the medium it travels through. Electromagnetic waves moving through a vacuum, for instance, travel at roughly 3 x
10
8
m/s. This value is so famous and common in physics it is given its own symbol, c.

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