Unit definitions

Speed of sound in fresh water at 20 degrees Celsius

The speed of sound in fresh water is $1\ 481\ \text{m/s}$ at 20 degrees Celsius which is sligltly more than $4.3$ times the speed of sound in air at 20 degrees Celsius.

Speed of sound rounded

The speed of sound is frequently rounded to $340\ \text{m/s}$ in introductory physics calculations.

How to convert Speed of sound in fresh water at 20 degrees Celsius to Speed of sound rounded

$$\text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound}} = \text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)}} \cdot 4.355882352941176470588235294117647$$

Examples

Example 1

Convert $40.0\ \text{Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)}$ to $\text{Speed of sound}$.

$$\text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound}} = 40.0 \cdot 4.355882352941176470588235294117647$$

$$\text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound}} = 174.235294$$

$$\therefore \ 40.0\ \text{Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)} = 174.235294 \ \text{Speed of sound}$$

Example 2

Convert $70.0\ \text{Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)}$ to $\text{Speed of sound}$.

$$\text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound}} = 70.0 \cdot 4.355882352941176470588235294117647$$

$$\text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound}} = 304.911765$$

$$\therefore \ 70.0\ \text{Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)} = 304.911765 \ \text{Speed of sound}$$

Example 3

Convert $110.0\ \text{Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)}$ to $\text{Speed of sound}$.

$$\text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound}} = 110.0 \cdot 4.355882352941176470588235294117647$$

$$\text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound}} = 479.147059$$

$$\therefore \ 110.0\ \text{Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)} = 479.147059 \ \text{Speed of sound}$$

Example 4

Convert $130.0\ \text{Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)}$ to $\text{Speed of sound}$.

$$\text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound}} = 130.0 \cdot 4.355882352941176470588235294117647$$

$$\text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound}} = 566.264706$$

$$\therefore \ 130.0\ \text{Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)} = 566.264706 \ \text{Speed of sound}$$

Example 5

Convert $160.0\ \text{Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)}$ to $\text{Speed of sound}$.

$$\text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound}} = 160.0 \cdot 4.355882352941176470588235294117647$$

$$\text{Speed}_{\text{Speed of sound}} = 696.941176$$

$$\therefore \ 160.0\ \text{Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)} = 696.941176 \ \text{Speed of sound}$$

Speed of sound in fresh water at 20 degrees Celsius to Speed of sound rounded conversion table

Speed of sound in fresh water at 20 degrees Celsius to Speed of sound rounded conversion table

Speed of sound in fresh water at 20 degrees Celsius [Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)]	Speed of sound rounded [Speed of sound]
1	4.355882
2	8.711765
3	13.067647
4	17.423529
5	21.779412
6	26.135294
7	30.491176
8	34.847059
9	39.202941
10	43.558824

Convert Speed of sound in fresh water at 20 degrees Celsius to other Speed units

Convert Speed of sound in fresh water at 20 degrees Celsius to other Speed units

Speed of sound in fresh water at 20 degrees Celsius [Speed of sound₂₀ (fresh water)]	Other unit
1	1481 Meter per second [ms⁻¹]
1	5331.6 Kilometer per hour [kmh⁻¹]
1	3312.902649 Mile per hour [mph]
1	2878.833693 Knot [kn]
1	4858.923885 Foot per second [fts⁻¹]
1	4.315142 Speed of sound at 20 degrees Celsius [Speed of sound₂₀]
1	4.470269 Speed of sound at 0 degrees Celsius [Speed of sound₀]
1	4.278739 Speed of sound at 25 degrees Celsius [Speed of sound₂₅]
1	0.000005 Speed of light rounded [c]
1	0.000005 Speed of light in a vacuum [c]
1	0.000005 Speed of light in air [cₐᵢᵣ]
1	0.132398 Escape velocity (Earth) [Escape Velocityₑₐᵣₜₕ]
1	0.132232 Escape velocity rounded (Earth) [Escape Velocityₑₐᵣₜₕ]
1	8.886E+4 Meter per minute [m/min]
1	5.3316E+6 Meter per hour [mh⁻¹]
1	1.481 Kilometer per second [km/s]
1	88.86 Kilometer per minute [km/min]
1	0.920251 Mile per second [mi/s]
1	55.215044 Mile per minute [mi/min]
1	0.799676 Nautical mile per second [nmi/s]
1	47.980562 Nautical mile per minute [nmi/min]
1	291535.433071 Foot per minute [ft/min]
1	17492125.984252 Foot per hour [ft/h]
1	1.481E+5 Centimeter per second [cm/s]
1	8.886E+6 Centimeter per minute [cm/min]
1	5.3316E+8 Centimeter per hour [cm/h]
1	1.481E+6 Millimeter per second [mm/s]
1	8.886E+7 Millimeter per minute [mm/min]
1	5.3316E+9 Millimeter per hour [mm/h]
1	1619.641295 Yard per second [yd/s]
1	97178.47769 Yard per minute [yd/min]
1	5830708.661417 Yard per hour [yd/h]