linkedin post 2015-10-30 07:16:14
SOUND VS LIGHT. "Acoustic waves are mechanical, which means that they cannot travel through a vacuum, whereas light waves are electromagnetic and can travel through a vacuum. Whereas a light wave can have two independent polarizations, an elastic wave in a homogeneous solid has three independent polarizations." The key difference between sound and light waves. https://lnkd.in/ehwDYhR View in LinkedIn