what makes the loud sound when you clap hands?

Answer 1

The sudden and violent displacement of air from between your hands when they strike. The average high speed of any human body motion is about 50 MPH. It takes a capable athlete with considerable training and co-ordinated effort of motion of many body motions to throw a fast ball to speed approaching 100MPH and slightly faster. You need to surpass 700MPH to break the sound barrier.

Answer 2

Well there is two ways I know to answer this question....one being that when you force two hands together there is an air pocket made inbetween them, so when you clap your hands together the air if forced out at a very high speed therefore making a noise....if you cup your hands slightly and then clap you will get a louder noise because of the air pocket. The second to answer this qestion is from the physiologica perspective....inside your external ear you have an ear drum....your ear drum is a little malet that is made out of a very small bone and a little peice of cartilage....when there is a sound made the sound wave hit the bone malet creating a vibration to the cartilage and in the long run sending a message containing a certain pattern of vibrations to your brain for it to translate into a "clap" for instance.

Answer 3

The sound of your hands clapping makes the loud sound when you clap your hands.

Answer 4

The sound you hear is a post metaphysical residue of many Zen masters on the other side of the world trying to figure out "What is the sound of one hand clapping". You hear echoes of their failed experiments every time you clap your hands.

Answer 5

The combination of the air displacing and the miniscule flapping of your hands together. It's similar to why farts make noises.

Answer 6

oooo awesome question. I go with the one that said breaking the sound barrier. Now check my Q's out :)

Answer 7

breaking the sound barrier

Answer 8

the friction of your hands