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Where can i find a dictionary of acoustic sound speeds for different materials?

A prof who I am working for needs an extensive list of acoustic sound speeds of different materials. This list/dictionary must be from a source reputable enough to use in a scientific publication. Online versions or hard copy versions are acceptable. Anyone have any ideas? Google and wikipedia let me down. Ok, those answers were kinda on the right track, but i guess i wasnt specific enough with my first question. I'm looking for the speed of sound in as many FLUIDS as we can find. The more the better. Thanks for the effort even if you dont find what i'm looking for.

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1. did you check yahoo search, or a library website?
2. Here are a couple of small online listings. My first thought would be to look in the CRC handbook for a more extensive list. Aloha
3. I am not sure what you mean by acoustic sound speeds, but here is a pretty long list of speed of sounds for a long list of materials. http://www.allmeasures.com/Formulae/static/formulae/speedofsound/
4. For solid materials, it is often easier to figure out the speed than to find it. If you know the modulus of elasticity (E) and the density (d), the speed of sound is c = sqrt(E/d) For gases, the speed of sound is c = sqrt(kRT/M) where k is the specific heats ratio (1.4 for air), R is the ideal gas constant (R = 8.314 joule/(mole*K)), T is the absolute temperature, and M is the gas molecular weight. Everything is easy to figure except k which is widely tabulated in thermodynamic property tables. I just read your fluid qualifier. Of course, fluids include gases and liquids. I discussed gases above. For liquids, you need to use the formula I discussed for solids except that the modulus of elasticity for a liquid is called the bulk modulus. You can find it tabulated for may fluids.