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grin007 [14]
3 years ago
6

Sound waves are longitudinal waves that can travel through air. Would you expect sound waves to travel faster through a low-dens

ity gas (such as helium) or a higher-density gas such as carbon dioxide? Justify your answer based on what you have learned.
Physics
1 answer:
Serjik [45]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

Sound waves travel faster in a low-density gas

Explanation:

First of all, let's remind that sound waves are pressure waves: they consist of oscillations of the particles in a medium, which oscillate back and forth along the direction of motion of the wave (longitudinal wave).

The speed of sound in an ideal gas is given by the equation

v=\sqrt{\gamma \frac{p}{\rho}}

where

\gamma is the adiabatic index of the gas

p is the gas pressure

\rho is the gas density

From the equation, we see that the speed of sound is inversely proportional to the square root of the density: therefore, the lower the density, the faster the sound waves.

So, sound waves will travel faster in a low-density gas.

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