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What is the exact nature of molecular vibration in solids and how does it relate to an object's natural fundamental resonant frequency?

The thermal motion in a solid object is indeed sound waves, but the 'fundamental' sound waves are those that have wavelengths comparable to the object dimensions; those low-frequency modes have ...
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What is the exact nature of molecular vibration in solids and how does it relate to an object's natural fundamental resonant frequency?

The core issue is the indirect link between microscopic atomic vibrations (phonons, $\omega = \omega(\mathbf{k})$) and macroscopic resonant frequencies in a solid, specifically an iron tube. It's not ...
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