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How does sound travel through air?
A demonstration of how sound travels through the air or any other medium. Sound is transmitted from a source to the surrounding air particles, which vibrate or collide and pass the sound energy along to our ears. If there were no air particles to vibrate, we would not hear any sound. The presenter demonstrates this with a sound source suspended in a vacuum.
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