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

Subject: Re: Why doesn't sound travel at the speed of light in solids?
From: "Dirk Van de moortel" <dirkvandemoortel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:00:51 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, sci.physics.electromag

"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.

Good question :-)
See replies to
 http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics/browse_frm/thread/4708f12ad5e248da
 http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics/browse_frm/thread/f4204452814fb3c

Dirk Vdm

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