gonelli Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 This may sound like a very strange question to ask, but since heat is a result of atoms/molecules in an object vibrating. Is it possible for something to have such a high temperature that the vibrations of the molecules will be enough to produce an audiable sound that a person could hear a perhaps a humming sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 no, the vibrations are far to small and the frequencies too high even at very low temperatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Yes. It's called thermoacoustics... Here's a wp page on an application of it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoacoustics A quick note though, it's due to temperature not heat, heat is an energy transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonelli Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 (edited) Figured that might be answer, it makes sense. Thanks insane_alien. Thermoacoustics looks very interesing, may have to do some more reading on that. Edited June 3, 2008 by gonelli merge multiple posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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