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Will echo be created in a room full of mirrors?

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  • 9 years ago
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    it depends on the size of the room and the absorption coefficient of the surface of the mirror if it can absorb all the sound then there will be no echo...in general at normal temprature room must be bigger then 11.3 meters to have a echo that a person can hear...

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  • 9 years ago

    yes, echo is the bouncing of sound. however, unless you have a giant room full of mirrors, you will likely not be able to hear an echo, since you will hear it almost at the same time as your source sound (like you voice).

    in other words, the fact that it is mirrors or a brick wall, makes not difference to sound. it is mostly the size of the room. sound travels at about 300 meters per second, so in a room 150 meters big, it will take one second for the echo to come back to you.

    so worry not about echo if you want to fill up your room w mirrors.

  • 9 years ago

    Sound has nothing to do with mirrors. Mirrors are nothing but glass plates coated with zinc or silver plating. This plating will have an effect only on light waves (they reflect the optical image) and not on sound waves. So while guessing if the mirrors will reflect sound or not, treat them as plain simple mirrors.

    To be short, the room of mirrors will not produce any echo.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    If the room is large enough. Whether the room is made of drywall or mirrors, it will echo if it is large enough.

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  • 9 years ago

    no it wont unless its a big room bc when talkin about sound mirrors are the same as walls

  • 9 years ago

    no .only light willlbe reflected

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