describe an experiment to show that sound cannot travel in a vacuum.
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The experiment is done by placing an electrical bell in the bell jar. As the air is pumped out of the sealed bell jar, the sound from the bell jar fades. However, the sound is not audible to our ears because of the vacuum inside the jar. This demonstrates that the sound wave cannot travel through vacuum.
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Take two empty ice-cream cups. make a small hole at the bottom of each cup and pass a long thread (about 20m long) through them. Tie a knot or match-stick at each end of the thread so that the thread does not slip out through the holes. This makes a toy -telephone . Now use the toy telephone as shown in figure and talk to your friend . You will be able to hear the sound of your friend . This shows that sound travels through the thread and reaches your ear. Thus , sound can travel through a solid.
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