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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Not much of a medium to conduct sound, is it?

Nope, which makes me wonder why it is so much faster in space than in air or water since the denser water conducts it almost 5 times as fast as the thinner air. Must be it uses wormholes......

11 posted on 02/12/2017 10:56:31 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb

“Nope, which makes me wonder why it is so much faster in space than in air or water since the denser water conducts it almost 5 times as fast as the thinner air. Must be it uses wormholes...... “

In a medium, speed is not related to density.


20 posted on 02/12/2017 11:24:42 AM PST by TexasGator
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Yes, it isn’t sensible. Denser mediums conduct sound faster, so the extremely thin medium of space should conduct sound much more slowly.


22 posted on 02/12/2017 11:29:28 AM PST by Boogieman
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