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Describe an experiment to show that sound cannot travel in a vacuum.

      

Describe an experiment to show that sound cannot travel in a vacuum.

  

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Wilfred
A source of sound i.e. an electric bell is suspended inside a bell jar. Using a suction pump air is pumped out of the jar when the lowest pressure is attained, one can see the hammer striking the bell but the ringing can no longer be heard. Sound cannot
travel through a vacuum.
Wilfykil answered the question on March 26, 2019 at 08:17


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