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The velocity of sound is generally greater in solids than in gases at NTP. Why?​
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The velocity of sound is generally greater in solids than in gases at NTP. Why?​

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Because they are so close, than can collide very quickly, i.e. it takes less time for a molecule of the solid to 'bump' into its neighborough. Solids are packed together tighter than liquids and gases, hence sound travels fastest in solids.

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