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Distinctive Features of the Propagation of Sound Waves in a Perfect Gas at Low Pressure

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The minimum possible pressure at which a sound wave can propagate in a perfect gas has been found based on the dispersion relation. Using the molecular‐kinetic theory it has been shown that this process can occur with such a minimum density when a quarter of a wavelength fits into the distance between molecules. A certain analogy between the propagation of a sound wave under these conditions and the propagation of an electromagnetic‐energy quantum has been noted.

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    A. N. Volobuev & A. P. Tolstonogov

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Volobuev, A.N., Tolstonogov, A.P. Distinctive Features of the Propagation of Sound Waves in a Perfect Gas at Low Pressure. Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics 76, 163–167 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022944031027

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