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MostCuriousExplorer t1_iyw6d6k wrote

Reply to comment by OrbitalPete in Would the speed of sound in a metal increase if I heated it up? by Altazaar

Do you know if there’s any research/reading material available that shows the differences by metal?

Sorry, don’t wanna bog you down with questions lol.

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OrbitalPete t1_iyw9f9q wrote

I only really deal with it in rocks. The same physics applies to all metals (and other materials!). There's a huge amount of metallurgy research though - look for stuff on young's modulus, bulk modulus and shear modulus. P wave velocities (sound wave, acoustic wave, compression wave - all mean the same thing) aren't used as much in metal analysis, but they are used. You can use the moduli and density data to work out how P wave will respond though.

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