How Fast Would Sound Travel Through Mercury?
How Fast Would Sound Travel Through Mercury? Medium v (m/s) Hydrogen 1290 Liquids at 20°C Ethanol 1160 Mercury1450 What material has slowest speed of sound? Of the three mediums (gas, liquid, and solid) sound waves travel the slowest through gases, faster through liquids, and fastest through solids. Temperature also affects the speed of sound. Gases: