Why cant sound waves become polarized?

Answer 1

They are pressure waves, not electromagnetic waves...

Polarization occurs because the electric field and magnetic fields are orthogonal to each other and to the direction of travel...So each field has a specific axis that it oscillate in.

Answer 2

Unlike transverse waves such as electromagnetic waves, longitudinal waves such as sound waves cannot be polarized. The polarization of a wave is given by the orientation of oscillations in space with respect to the disturbed medium. A polarized wave vibrates in a single plane in space. Since sound waves vibrate along their direction of propagation, they cannot be polarized.

Answer 3

yes sound waves cannot be polarized,,,,,
Water waves and sound waves are examples of mechanical waves. Light waves are not considered mechanical waves because they don't involve the motion of matter. Most of the mathematics and properties of mechanical waves apply to light waves. Light waves are different from mechanical waves, however, because they can travel through a vacuum. Light waves are just one type of electromagnetic wave. Other electromagnetic waves include the microwaves in your oven, radio waves, and X-rays. Light waves are regarded as a varying electric field (E) coupled with a varying magnetic field (B), at right angles to each other and to the direction of travel. This is depicted in the animation below.

An electromagnetic wave transports its energy through a vacuum at a speed of about 3.00 x 108 m/s (commonly known as c), i.e. the speed of light. The whole family of electromagnetic waves extends from gamma rays of very short wavelength (lower than 10-10 m) to very long radio waves (greater than 103 m). Just as for mechanical waves, light waves exhibit reflection, refraction, interference and diffraction and satisfy the relation v = f λ.

Unlike transverse waves such as electromagnetic waves, longitudinal waves such as sound waves cannot be polarized. The polarization of a wave is given by the orientation of oscillations in space with respect to the disturbed medium. A polarized wave vibrates in a single plane in space. Since sound waves vibrate along their direction of propagation, they cannot be polarized.

Answer 4

i belive that soun that travel in aer can not be polarized. For air to be polarived it must fave oscilation in a plane perpendicular to the direction of muvment. But we know that there aren't any of them in aer because aer can not sutain longitudinal oscilation. However in an solid and elastic medium ther can exist such kind of oscilation so we can spek about the polarization of sound, but again only for the wibration perpendicular to the propagation direction.

Answer 5

Because sound wave are longitudinal waves,Here medium particles vibrates in the direction of the wave motion. Ivan

Answer 6

because polarization of light is when both fields( the electric and magnetic fields vibrate in the same plane. in sound is not possible cause sound waves are not composed of electric and magnetic waves...