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Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of all mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. Applications of acoustics are for instance the audio and noise control industries.
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Why does sound travel faster in iron than mercury even though mercury has a higher density?
Your question should more accurately have been, "Why does sound travel faster in solid iron than in liquid mercury even though mercury has higher density?"
Were the question phrased that way, the ans …
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