Speed of Sound in some common Solids

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Velocity of sound in some common solids as aluminum, brass, concrete and ...

Speed of sound in normal air is 343 m/s. In water the speed is 1,433 m/s. The sound velocity in some common solids can be found from the table below.

Medium	Velocity
Medium	(m/s)	(ft/s)
Aluminum	4877	16000
Brass	3475	11400
Brick	4176	13700
Concrete	3200 - 3600	10500 - 11800
Copper	3901	12800
Cork	366 - 518	1200 - 1700
Diamond	12000	39400
Glass	3962	13000
Glass, Pyrex	5640	18500
Gold	3240	10630
Hardwood	3962	13000
Iron	5130	16830
Lead	1158	3800
Lucite	2680	8790
Rubber	40 - 150	130 - 492
Steel	6100	20000
Water	1433	4700
Wood (hard)	3960	13000
Wood	3300 - 3600	10820 - 11810

1 m/s = 3.6 km/h = 196.85 ft/min = 3.28 ft/s = 2.237 mph

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