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Old 02-10-2003 | 05:56 PM
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Default Speed of sound vs. elevation

I have done the research, guys, and Mark is exactly correct. It has nothing to do with density. Water is a LIQUID, air is a GAS. They have different sound propagation rates as a property of the substance, not its density. Water is nearly incompressible, as a gas is not. Look on the web. There are a large number of "speed of sound" calculators. All they take for input is temp.