Recent content by michael3.1415

Ok thanks. I checked up the Cerenkov radiation thing. Very interesting.

So, it's theoretically possible for the speed of sound to reach the speed of light traveling through a medium?

Thanks for your reply! Two more questions: 1. I'm not that familiar with relativity, but doesn't that rule only apply to matter? Sound is a wave like light. It's a wave propogated by the compression and rarefaction of actual matter, I guess, so that's probably the difference. 2. How...

1. The equation given in my Physics text for the speed of sound through air at a given temperature v = (331.5 + 0.606T) m/sec where T is degrees Celsius According to this equation, there is a theoretical temperature at which the speed of sound would reach c: 331.5 + 0.606T = c = 3.00...