Does sound travel faster in glass/water than air?

Question

Light travels slower in glass/water than in air. Does sound will travel faster or slower in glass/water than air?

Answer 1

yes it is around 3 times faster in water than in air.

Answer 2

General rule is that sound travels faster in denser objects.



Sound and light while both waves travel through objects in slightly diffrent ways.



Sound energy is a vibration wave that propagates through the material of the object, As a basic analogy consider it as a vibration that passes from 1 molecule to the next in the material the closer the molecules the faster the vibration can be passed on.



Light is a discreet photon of energy that travels through the material, it can in this case be considered as if it has some properties of a solid particle which can be slowed.

Answer 3

Sound travels faster in glass/water...

light and sound are two very different kind of waves

Answer 4

Sound travels fastest in solids, then liquids then slowest in gases. Therefore it would be fastest in the glass, followed by the water and slowest in air!

Answer 5

the speed of sound is:



in water 1403-1543 m/s (depending on the temperature)

in air 307-333 m/s

in glass 4000-4500 m/s

Answer 6

Sound waves are longitudinal so they move fastest in solid (glass), then liquids (water) and slowest in gas (air)