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Question
Through which of the following materials can sound travel? wood, air, water, steam, ice, hydrogen, steel, diamond.
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Solution
Sound is a longitudinal wave that requires material medium for its propagation. Therefore, all the material mediums mentioned can be used as medium for the propagation of sound waves.
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