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Why is it that transverse waves cannot be produced in a gas? Can the transverse waves be produced in solids and liquids?

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They travel in the form of crests and troughs and so involve change in shape. They can be produced in a medium which has elasticity in shape . As gas has no elesticity of shape, hence transverse waves cannot be be produced in a gas.
Transverse waves can be produced in solids and on the surface of liquids.
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  • Transverse waves can propagate …………

    A
    both in a gas and in a metal
    B
    in a gas but not in a metal
    C
    not in a gas but in a metal
    D
    neither in a gas nor in a metal
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