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09/01/2021 4:22 pm
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Why do we say that sound waves are longitudinal?
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09/01/2021 4:23 pm
Longitudinal waves need medium for propagation. The sound energy travel in the same line as the particles oscillate.
- Sound energy
- Particles oscillation
It forms compression and rarefaction for the longitudinal wave motion. Sound wave shows all the characteristics of longitudinal wave so it is called as longitudinal wave.