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I don't understand what happens in reality (outside of wave theories). If I clap my hands I invest energy in the nearby air molecules, which move and transfer their energy to nearby molecules which move...and so on. Why then, when I clap louder instead of investing more energy in the same particles making them move faster I simply involve more of them? Or am I wrong? If I'm not, then what if I clap louder in a vacuum with limited air in it?

Thank you.

I don't understand what happens in reality (outside of wave theories). If I clap my hands I invest energy in the nearby air molecules, which move and transfer their energy to nearby molecules which move...and so on. Why then, when I clap louder instead of investing more energy in the same particles making them move faster I simply involve more of them? Or am I wrong? If I'm not, then what if I clap louder in a vacuum with limited air in it?

Thank you.

I don't understand what happens in reality (outside of wave theories). If I clap my hands I invest energy in the nearby air molecules, which move and transfer their energy to nearby molecules which move...and so on. Why then, when I clap louder instead of investing more energy in the same particles making them move faster I simply involve more of them? Or am I wrong? If I'm not, then what if I clap louder in a vacuum with limited air in it?

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Why do sound waves travel at the same speed moleculewise? (Same medium)

I don't understand what happens in reality (outside of wave theories). If I clap my hands I invest energy in the nearby air molecules, which move and transfer their energy to nearby molecules which move...and so on. Why then, when I clap louder instead of investing more energy in the same particles making them move faster I simply involve more of them? Or am I wrong? If I'm not, then what if I clap louder in a vacuum with limited air in it?

Thank you.