Subject: Re: sound waves in water From: Antonio Miller <antonio.miller@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:22:30 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Sound waves in water are longitudinal (compression) waves. The underlying physics is the same for air and water, just the material properties (and hence the speed of sound) of the two fluids are different. -Tony On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Sarah Hargus Ferguson <sarah.ferguson@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > A student asked me a question the other day that’s got me stumped: > > Sound waves in air are longitudinal, and water waves have both transverse > and longitudinal elements. But what about sound waves in water?