why are longitudinal waves also clled pressure waves?
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It is because longitudinal waves travel in a medium as series of alternate compression and rarefaction, I.e. they travel as variation in pressure. Therefore, they are called pressure waves.
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when these waves move they create compressions and rare fractions and thus they cause change in the density and the pressure of the path through which they propagate.... hence these waves are called pressure waves
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