Question

Which quantity is transmitted with the propagation of longitudinal waves through a medium?

Answer 1

1. During the propagation of longitudinal waves through a medium, the energy of the waves is transmitted with them.
2. The maximum particles are aligned parallel or anti-parallel to the velocity of waves.
3. These particles vibrate about their mean position and do not leave their position.
4. In this way, the energy of waves is transmitted by the vibration of particles. In transverse waves, the vibration of particles is perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave. But in a longitudinal wave, the vibration of particles is along with the direction of propagation of the wave.