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Mechanical waves badly need a material medium to get propagated. For example sound waves need air, water or solid medium to pass through. But light though it is a wave, it could pass through even through vacuum. Hence it is not a mechanical wave. But it is proved to be an electromagnetic wave. Present science has accepted even free space ie vacuum to be a medium but it is non-material medium.
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What wave that need a medium in order to propagate?
All sound waves, be that ultrasound or audible sound. Likewise water waves...
Does mechanical waves travel faster through vacuum than through air?
Mechanical waves are waves that need medium to propagate so they don`t travel through vacuum but through solid , liquid or gas.
How are the mechanical waves formed?
Any kind of disturbance triggers mechanical waves that propagate perpendicular to the motion of disturbance. However for mechanical motion, it is necessary that the wave is propagated in a medium.
What are waves that disturb matter?
Waves that disturb matter are called mechanical waves. These waves propagate as an oscillation of matter, thus transfer of energy through a medium occurs.
What is a characteristics of a mechanical wave?
They need a medium to propagate through.
What wave that need a medium in order to propagate?
All sound waves, be that ultrasound or audible sound. Likewise water waves...
In what ways are sound waves and electromagnetic waves similar?
they both have wavelenghth and have energy
Does mechanical waves travel faster through vacuum than through air?
Mechanical waves are waves that need medium to propagate so they don`t travel through vacuum but through solid , liquid or gas.
What kind of waves are mechanical?
Those waves which required medium for propagation are called mechanical waves. e.g sound waves,they need medium i.e solid liquid or gas ,to propagate. They cant travel through vacuum. hope u understand that!!
What type of wave happens in a medium?
The waves that propagate through particles of a medium are mechanical waves (aka waves of vibration).
Do mechanical waves need a medium to transfer energy?
Yes. For example, sound needs media (air, water, etc.) to propagate.
How are the mechanical waves formed?
Any kind of disturbance triggers mechanical waves that propagate perpendicular to the motion of disturbance. However for mechanical motion, it is necessary that the wave is propagated in a medium.
What is an ocean swell?
this is a series of mechanical waves that propagate along the interface between water and air.
A sound wave is a transverse wave?
No. At least in a gas and liquid, mechanical waves, including sound, can only propagate as longitudinal waves.
What are waves that disturb matter?
Waves that disturb matter are called mechanical waves. These waves propagate as an oscillation of matter, thus transfer of energy through a medium occurs.
What is meant by the medium of a wave?
Waves need a medium to propagate themselves through. The waves generated on a pond by a falling droplet need a medium, in this case its the very water of the pond. Sound waves can propagate both though a water medium or an air medium for example. Electromagnetic waves are an exception in that they do not need a medium to propagate through (the can propagate through the void of interstellar space).
What is a characteristics of a mechanical wave?
They need a medium to propagate through.
