Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 45 views

    Sound Waves

    Uploaded by

    Lea Santos
    The document provides a table listing the speed of sound through various solids and metals. The speed of sound varies significantly between materials and ranges from around 500 m/s in cork to over 12,000 m/s in diamond. It also notes that in solids there are longitudinal, shear, and extensional wave speeds, whereas in liquids and gases there is only one speed. The speed depends on factors like the material's modulus of elasticity and density.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Sound Waves

    Uploaded by

    Lea Santos
    45 views5 pages
    The document provides a table listing the speed of sound through various solids and metals. The speed of sound varies significantly between materials and ranges from around 500 m/s in cork to over 12,000 m/s in diamond. It also notes that in solids there are longitudinal, shear, and extensional wave speeds, whereas in liquids and gases there is only one speed. The speed depends on factors like the material's modulus of elasticity and density.

    Original Title

    sound waves

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document provides a table listing the speed of sound through various solids and metals. The speed of sound varies significantly between materials and ranges from around 500 m/s in cork to over 12,000 m/s in diamond. It also notes that in solids there are longitudinal, shear, and extensional wave speeds, whereas in liquids and gases there is only one speed. The speed depends on factors like the material's modulus of elasticity and density.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    45 views5 pages

    Sound Waves

    Uploaded by

    Lea Santos
    The document provides a table listing the speed of sound through various solids and metals. The speed of sound varies significantly between materials and ranges from around 500 m/s in cork to over 12,000 m/s in diamond. It also notes that in solids there are longitudinal, shear, and extensional wave speeds, whereas in liquids and gases there is only one speed. The speed depends on factors like the material's modulus of elasticity and density.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 5

    Solids and Metals - Speed of Sound

    Speed of sound in solids and metals like aluminum, brass, concrete


    and more.
    Sponsored Links

    Speed of sound in normal air is 343 m/s. In water the speed of sound is 1433 m/s. Speed of
    Sound in some common solids are indicated in the table below:

    Speed of Sound
    (m/s)

    Solid

    Longitudal Shear Extensional

    Aluminum, rolled 6420 3040 5000

    Antimony 3400

    Beryllium 12890 8880 12870

    Bismut 2180 1790

    Brass (70% Cu,


    4700 2110 3480
    30% Zn)

    Brick 4200 3600

    Cadmium 2780 2400

    Concrete 3700 3200

    Constantan 5177 2625 4270

    Copper, annealed 4760 2325 3810

    Copper, rolled 5010 2270 3750

    Cork 518 366


    Speed of Sound
    (m/s)

    Solid

    Longitudal Shear Extensional

    Diamond 12000

    Duralumin 6320 3130 5150

    Glass, heavy silicate


    3980 2380 3720
    flint

    Glass, light borate


    5100 2840 4540
    crown

    Glass, pyrex 5640 3280 5140

    Gold, hard drawn 3240 1200 2030

    Granite 5950

    Iridium 4790

    Iron, cast 4994 2809 4480

    Iron, electrolytic 5950 3240 5120

    Ivory 3010

    Lead, annealed 2160 700 1190

    Lead, rolled 1960 690 1210

    Lucite 2680 1100 1840

    Magnesium,
    5770 3050 4940
    annealed
    Speed of Sound
    (m/s)

    Solid

    Longitudal Shear Extensional

    Manganese 4660 3830

    Marble 3810

    Molybdenum 6250 3350 5400

    Monel 5350 2720 4400

    Nickel 6040 3000 4900

    Nylon 6/6 2620 1070 1800

    Platinum 3260 1730 2800

    Polyethylene 1950 540 920

    Polystyrene 2350 1120 1840

    Rubber, butyl 1830

    Rubber, gum 1550

    Rubber, neoprene 1600

    Silica, fused 5968 3764 5760

    Silver 3650 1610 2680

    Slate 4510

    Steel (1% C) 5940 3220 5180


    Speed of Sound
    (m/s)

    Solid

    Longitudal Shear Extensional

    Steel, stainless 5790 3100 5000

    Tantalium 3350

    Tin, rolled 3320 1670 2730

    Titanium 6070 3125 5090

    Tungsten, annealed 5220 2890 4620

    Tungsten, drawn 5410 2640 4320

    Tungsten carbide 6655 3980 6220

    Wood (hard) 3960

    Wood, longitudinal
    3300 - 5000
    parallel with grain 

    Zinc, rolled 4210 2440 3850

     1 m/s = 3.6 km/h = 196.85 ft/min = 3.28 ft/s = 2.237 mph


    In a liquid or gas only one speed is required. In an isotropic solid sound speed is characterized
    by

     speed of longitudinal waves in infinite elements (elements much larger than the
    wavelength of the sound) 
     speed of shear waves in infinite elements
     speed of extensional waves along a rod (with diameter much smaller than the
    wavelength)
    In wood the speed of sound varies with grain direction because the transverse modulus of
    elasticity is as little as 1/20 the longitudinal value. The speed of sound across the grain is about
    one-fifth to one-third of the longitudinal value. There is no recognized independent effect of
    species of wood on the speed of sound. Variability in the speed of sound relates to the
    variability of modulus of elasticity and density.

    Note that speed is a scalar quantity. Velocity is vector quantity with direction.

    You might also like

    pFad - Phonifier reborn

    Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

    Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


    Alternative Proxies:

    Alternative Proxy

    pFad Proxy

    pFad v3 Proxy

    pFad v4 Proxy