Speed of Sound in some common Solids
Velocity of sound in some common solids as aluminum, brass, concrete and ...
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Speed of sound in normal air is 343 m/s. In water the speed is 1,433 m/s. The sound velocity in some common solids can be found from the table below.
| Medium | Velocity | |
(m/s) |
(ft/s) | |
| Aluminum | 4877 | 16000 |
| Brass | 3475 | 11400 |
| Brick | 4176 | 13700 |
| Concrete | 3200 - 3600 | 10500 - 11800 |
| Copper | 3901 | 12800 |
| Cork | 366 - 518 | 1200 - 1700 |
| Diamond | 12000 | 39400 |
| Glass | 3962 | 13000 |
| Glass, Pyrex | 5640 | 18500 |
| Gold | 3240 | 10630 |
| Hardwood | 3962 | 13000 |
| Iron | 5130 | 16830 |
| Lead | 1158 | 3800 |
| Lucite | 2680 | 8790 |
| Rubber | 40 - 150 | 130 - 492 |
| Steel | 6100 | 20000 |
| Water | 1433 | 4700 |
| Wood (hard) | 3960 | 13000 |
| Wood | 3300 - 3600 | 10820 - 11810 |
- 1 m/s = 3.6 km/h = 196.85 ft/min = 3.28 ft/s = 2.237 mph
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