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What is it called when a seismic wave bends as it passed from liquid to solid
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What is it called when a seismic wave bends as it passed from liquid to solid

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Refraction

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The bending of seismic waves is called refraction. The fact that S-waves do not travel through the outer core suggests that the latter is liquid.

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