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Speed of Sound Depends on the elastic and inertial properties of the particular medium. It also depends on the temperature of the medium. In air, the speed of sound at 20°C is 343ms-1. Gases - In a perfect gas
 - where
- γ = ratio of specific heats
- P0 = pressure [Pa]
- ρ0 = density [kgm-3]
- T = temperature [K]
- r = specific gas constant [JK-1kg-1]
| | The speed of sound is proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature.  - where
- T0 = 273K
- c0 = 331ms-1
- T = gas temperature [K]
- tc = gas temperature [°C]
| | Liquids - For liquids, the speed of sound is much higher than it is for gases because the density increase for a given pressure increase is much smaller in liquids than in gases. For a pure substance near its critical temperature and pressure, however, the sound speeds of the vapour and liquid phases are not very different.
See also: Sound, Specific Gas Constant.
  
Subjects:- Audio
- Noise & Vibration
- Physics
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