Longitudinal waves:
In this blog we are going to learn about one of the types of wave which is Longitudinal waves. But before that
What is wave?
Wave is a disturbance produced in a medium due to the repeated vibrations of the particles of the medium, about their equilibrium position.
Waves are broadly classified as: -
1) Longitudinal waves
1) Longitudinal waves
A wave, which propagates along the direction of vibration of the particles of the medium, is called longitudinal wave.
Sound waves are longitudinal in nature.
The regions where the molecules come closer are called compressions.
The regions where the molecules move apart are called rarefactions.
That is longitudinal waves propagate in the form of compressions and rarefactions.
See the figure of Longitudinal waves to understand the concept better. Next time we will learn another types of waves Transverse Waves and its behavior with some examples and diagrams.I belived that you got this concept.
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