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Just wondering...
Is there a limit to how loud a sound can be?
Is there a limit to how loud a sound can be?
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Originally posted by anilrapire
^ I think all of that stuff is more succinctly encapsulated in that person's speed of sound explination.
I'd only avoid to call that sound wave, because it is unable to travel in air separately, without continuous addition of energy from meteor. Immense pressure in front of meteor is unable to travel by itself. More like explosion rather than sound.Originally posted by Chi Meson
As for is it "sound," well the immense pressure in front of the meteor is followed by a rarefied zone behind it, ergo "pressure amplitude." Voila: a sound so loud you blow up!
The loudest sound ever recorded was the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in 1883. The sound was so loud that it ruptured eardrums of people 40 miles away and could be heard up to 3,000 miles away.
Yes, there is a physical limit to how loud a sound can be. This limit is around 194 decibels (dB), which is the sound pressure level at which air molecules start to break apart due to the intense vibrations.
No, humans cannot hear sounds louder than 194 dB. At this level, the sound waves are too powerful for our eardrums to handle and can cause permanent damage to our hearing.
No, sound cannot get louder in outer space. This is because sound waves need a medium, such as air or water, to travel through and outer space is a vacuum, meaning there is no medium for sound waves to propagate.
Yes, there is a way to measure the loudness of a sound beyond 194 dB. Scientists use specialized equipment such as infrasound sensors to measure sounds at extremely high levels, up to 210 dB. However, these sounds are not audible to the human ear and can only be detected by sensitive instruments.