Asked by wholemelt

Atomic bombs send out a shock wave when they are detonated. This occurs because the bomb’s detonation superheats the air particles nearby, which cause them to bump into other air particles that further the wave.

Which statement can most likely be made about the shock waves of atomic bombs?

They are mechanical waves.
They are electromagnetic waves.
They will act like x-rays.
They will act like light ray

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They are mechanical waves.

The blast is a pressure (shock) wave traveling through air by collisions and compressions of particles — it needs a material medium. X-rays and light are electromagnetic radiation and do not propagate by those particle collisions.