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Doesn’t sound travel slower underwater?

• EGreg 5y ago
  Nope. MUCH faster
  • toss1 5y ago
    Yup The speed of sound in air is ~340 m/s, in water ~1,430 m/s, and in steel ~5920 m/s.
• sethammons 5y ago
  Upvoted to help un-gray your comment. Questions should not be downvoted. Welcome to todays 10 thousand: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
• JaimeThompson 5y ago
  Typically the more denser the medium the faster sound travels.