Aren't they both water?
In which medium does sound travel faster -
Di-Deuterium monoxide (Heavy Water) or Dihydrogen Monoxide (Water)?
Assume they are both liquid.
Sort of inspired from this problem .
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1 solution
Speed of sound decreases with increasing density.
We know that Sound is a longitudinal wave so ,from the corrected Newton's equation or Newton-Laplace 's equation we have ,
c = ρ B
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B is the Bulk Modulus of the medium .
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ρ is the density of the medium .
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Thanks for the piece of info!
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You are welcome bro !
Btw , isn't H 2 O called as Dihydrogen Oxide , and not Hydrogen Oxide ?
Do correct me if I am wrong .
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@A Former Brilliant Member – Actually, It is. And, It's Di hydrogen Monooxide
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@Mehul Arora – Okay . Thanks :)
@Mehul Arora – Actually.. It's just Hydrogen Monoxide.. You don't refer to the number of hydrogen atoms in a chemical name. That's what I know from my 12th grade
@A Former Brilliant Member – Stable Oxide of hydrogen exists only in one form I.e. water so its not an issue to call it as dihydrogen oxide or not
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@Roadster Reventon – That's not what I had meant , I just wanted to know the actual name of water .
@A Former Brilliant Member – Strongly agree! It is Dihydrogen Oxide. @Sharky Kesa
Looks like you took up the job of @Prasun Biswas ... :P😉
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Well , I didn't want to write a solution at that time , and I just wanted to make this solution more complete , so ...
For those who are wondering what STP is:- STP stands for Standard pressure and Temperature. Good Question, @Sharky Kesa
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Thanks added in the solution!
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Lol, Harsh, Give me some credit too! xD :P
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@Mehul Arora – Lol Done :P
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@Harsh Shrivastava – I'm literally laughing so hard at this :p
density is high of adiabatic index Deuterium Oxide (Heavy Water) must be high in speed of sound.. c= (gamma R T)^.5 at same temp. Higher density means the convergence of constituent particles of matter, and any hit to the medium will be the biggest influence transmission speed
Speed of sound decreases with increasing density.
Density of water is 0.998 g/ml at STP.
Density of heavy water is 1.105 g/ml at STP.
Hence, Speed of sound in Heavy water is less than that in normal water.
[STP stands for Standard Temperature and Pressure. Credits : Mehul Arora]