by BaaBaaBlackSheep on January 11th, 2006

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How does a whip break the speed of sound, and is it possible to recreate this phenomenon with something else?

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by Anonymous on April 5th, 2007
When cracked, whips do not break the speed of sound. Rather it is the molecules in the leather moving in the motion they do that makes the cracking noise. Since a whip is not done in a flowing motion, the molecules in the whip "snap" when pulled suddenly in another direction.
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