Input interpretation
elements | sound speed
Summary
median | 2750 m/s highest | 18350 m/s (carbon) lowest | 206 m/s (chlorine) distribution | | (based on 72 values; 46 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
fluorine | phosphorus | sulfur | scandium | arsenic | bromine | strontium | technetium | iodine | cesium | ... (total: 46)
Distribution plots
(sound speed in meters per second)
Sound speed rankings
1 | chlorine | 206 m/s 2 | oxygen | 317.5 m/s 3 | argon | 319 m/s 4 | nitrogen | 333.6 m/s 5 | thallium | 818 m/s 6 | neon | 936 m/s 7 | helium | 970 m/s 8 | xenon | 1090 m/s 9 | krypton | 1120 m/s 10 | indium | 1215 m/s ⋮ | | 63 | tungsten | 5174 m/s 64 | aluminum | 5100 m/s 65 | germanium | 5400 m/s 66 | chromium | 5940 m/s 67 | ruthenium | 5970 m/s 68 | lithium | 6000 m/s 69 | molybdenum | 6190 m/s 70 | beryllium | 13000 m/s 71 | boron | 16200 m/s 72 | carbon | 18350 m/s (based on 72 values; 46 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median sound speed 2750 m/s
2.75 km/s (kilometers per second)
6152 mph (miles per hour)
102.5 mi/min (miles per minute)
1.709 mi/s (miles per second)
165 km/min (kilometers per minute)
9900 km/h (kilometers per hour)
Comparisons for median sound speed 2750 m/s
≈ (0.7 to 0.8) × speed of sound in wood ( 3300 to 3962 m/s )
≈ 0.79 × speed of sound in brass ( 3475 m/s )
≈ (0.77 to 0.86) × speed of sound in concrete ( 3200 to 3600 m/s )