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In any of standard textbooks of college physics we may read that the velocity of sound is given by (E/ρ)1/2 where E is the modulus of elasticity for compression and ρ is the density of the medium. It is usually explained that the compressibility modulus is the one associated with adiabatic compression which is equal to S p,where S is the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to that at constant volume, and p is the pressure.
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Herzfeld and Rice, Phys. Rev. 31, 691 (1928).
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Condon, E.U. (1991). Note on the Velocity of Sound. In: Barut, A.O., Odabasi, H., van der Merwe, A. (eds) Selected Popular Writings of E.U. Condon. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3066-3_12
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