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How does temperature affect speed of sound?


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The affect of temperature on speed of sound:

  • At high temperature, the molecules exhibit high motion of the molecules that means the molecules have high kinetic energy.
  • Due to high motion the molecule vibrates faster which makes the sound wave to travel faster.

Hence, As the temperature increases, the speed of sound travel faster through the vibrations.


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