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Waves are disturbances that propagate through space and time. Classically, they travelled through a medium, disturbing the particles but not changing their mean position. Electromagnetic waves/particle-waves need no medium; they are disturbances in their respective fields.
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Is the sound speed and density relation different for compressible and incompressible media?
I'm studying "speed of sound in air" and I read that sound speed is inversely proportional to the density of the medium. However, I also know that sound travels fastest in solids, and that solids have …
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