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Digital ACT Science Practice Question #1509

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A physics acoustics team measured the speed of sound through four media at 20°C: - Air: 343 m/s - Helium: 965 m/s - Water: 1,482 m/s - Steel: 5,960 m/s Sound travels fastest in steel because:
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Stiffer/denser solid lattice = fastest sound speed (5,960 m/s).

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Speed of sound depends on stiffness/elasticity and density (v = sqrt(B/rho)). Steel has very high bulk modulus....

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