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Re: Speed of Waves

I do not know how to answer this question, Leigh. But here
is what I would do if had data on speeds of sound in different
gasses. Since the speed of molecules is inversely proportional
to 1/sqr(M), where M is the molecular mass, I would plot
known speeds of sound, at a given T, versus 1/sqr(M).
Ludic

Leigh Palmer wrote:

One question I've asked before has never been answered well enough so
that I internalized the answer. I'll try it again:

The speed of sound in a gas is the same as the speed of the molecules
in the gas, more or less. Why should this be? The propagation of sound
is not a phenomenon which depends upon the microscopic structure of
the medium. Is this just a fluke, or is there a deeper connection?