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Standard IX
Physics
Transverse waves
Question
Transverse waves cannot travel through
An iron rod
Hydrogen gas
A stretched nylon string
Lubricating oil
A
Hydrogen gas
B
Lubricating oil
C
An iron rod
D
A stretched nylon string
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Solution
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Transverse waves cannot
propagate
in
a
gas
because there is no mechanism
for
driving motion perpendicular to
the
propagation of
the wave
.
so the answer is B.
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