Sunday 25 September 2016

thermodynamics - Difference between sound and heat at particle level


If heat (or thermal energy) are vibrations of particles and sound is a wave that is propagated through medium e.g vibration of air particles, what indicates if vibration of particles will be perceived as sound or heat (what is the difference between these vibrations) ?




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