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longitudinal waves can not be polarised but transverse waves can be polarised?
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Transverse waves can be plane polarised because their vibrations are perpendicular to the direction of propagation but
longitudinal waves cannot be plane polarised because the direction of vibration and direction of propagation are the same.

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