Re: Why doesn't sound travel at the speed of light in solids?

[Sam Wormley]

Dirk Van de moortel wrote:
> "Sam Wormley" <swormley1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> >  "Seven Seas Oscirius" <brightice2001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > The atoms in solids are bonded rigidly en masse with electronic bonds.
> > > And the propagation speed of distubances in electromagnetic fields is c.
> >
> >
> >   See: 
> > http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/Ultrasonics/CalibrationMeth/thompsongray.htm 
> >
> >
> >   And: "Acoustic Fields and Waves in Solids, Vol I & II" by B.A. Auld, 
> > 2nd edition
> >         (February 1990), Krieger Publishing Company; ISBN: 089874783X
>
> Thanks, but "Page cannot be found" :-(
>
> Dirk Vdm

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