air = 330 Speed of Sound (meters/second)

Question

water = 1,500 Speed of Sound (meters/second)
glass = 5,100 Speed of Sound (meters/second)
What happens to the speed of sound as it travels through a gas and into a solid?

Answer 1

As sound travels from a gas (such as air) into a solid (such as glass), the speed of sound increases. This is because the particles in a solid are much closer together than in a gas, which allows the sound waves to travel more quickly through the medium. So, the speed of sound increases as it goes from a gas to a solid.