GK
PHYSICS
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Question
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Sound travels at the fastest speed in
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air
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steel
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water
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vacuum
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sound travels fastest through solids. This is because molecules in a solid medium are much closer together than those in a liquid or gas, allowing sound waves to travel more quickly through it. In fact, sound waves travel over 17 times faster through steel than through air.
Detailed explanation-2: -The speed of sound varies from one material to another. For steel it is 5100 m/s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hence sound travels fastest through steel.
Detailed explanation-4: -As steel is solid therefore sound travels faster through steel than through air and water .
Detailed explanation-5: -Sound waves travel fastest in solids, then in liquids, and the slowest in gases.
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