In a longitudinal wave, particles of the medium are displaced in a direction parallel to energy transport. The animation below depicts a longitudinal pulse in a medium. ... The result is that energy is transported from one end of the medium to the other end of the medium without the actual transport of matter
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In a longitudinal wave, particles of the medium are displaced in a direction parallel to energy transport. The animation below depicts a longitudinal pulse in a medium. ... The result is that energy is transported from one end of the medium to the other end of the medium without the actual transport of matter