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Would someone please answer my question? -- "Will the air molecules generate aliased waveforms because those molecules cannot vibrate faster than 30 MHz??"

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Green Xenon [Radium]

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May 13, 2008, 10:59:08 PM5/13/08
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"geoff" cold-heartedly trivialized my interesting question in
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.audio.tech/msg/f8073dd1507f2224 :


> Green Xenon [Radium] wrote:


>
>> Note: 30 MHz is the fastest the air molecules of Earth's troposphere
>> can oscillate.


>
>
> Really ?!! Well I won't even bother with a super-tweeter then ;-(


Would someone please answer my question:

"will the air molecules generate aliased waveforms because those
molecules cannot vibrate faster than 30 MHz??"

Don Pearce

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May 14, 2008, 3:06:57 AM5/14/08
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No.

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Mr.T

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May 14, 2008, 6:51:41 AM5/14/08
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"Green Xenon [Radium]" <gluc...@excite.com> wrote in message
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> Would someone please answer my question:
>
> "will the air molecules generate aliased waveforms because those
> molecules cannot vibrate faster than 30 MHz??"

And you care, why exactly?

MrT.


Randy Yates

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May 14, 2008, 9:18:18 AM5/14/08
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"Mr.T" <MrT@home> writes:

Mr.T:

I think I have Radium figured out. He asks not to learn, but for the
sake of asking and to see the resulting responses. I am not joking. I
have come to this conclusion from observing several of his questions
being answered perfectly and succinctly. The response was not an "aha!"
or "OK now that means I can do xyz", but simply a black hole of silence.

Shame on me (on us) for continuing to entertain him.
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Mr.T

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May 15, 2008, 1:22:36 AM5/15/08
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"Randy Yates" <ya...@ieee.org> wrote in message
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> I think I have Radium figured out. He asks not to learn, but for the
> sake of asking and to see the resulting responses. I am not joking. I
> have come to this conclusion from observing several of his questions
> being answered perfectly and succinctly. The response was not an "aha!"
> or "OK now that means I can do xyz", but simply a black hole of silence.

What the rest of us have been calling a "troll" for years. You will note I
often preface my replies to him as "yes I know he is a troll" because others
like to simply add "don't feed the trolls".

> Shame on me (on us) for continuing to entertain him.

If you read some of the other threads, you will find *others have* gained
knowledge from our discussions.
Radium of course is beyond help.

MrT.


Green Xenon [Radium]

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May 15, 2008, 4:47:37 PM5/15/08
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Mr.T wrote:


I care because I want to find out what would happen if an attempt is to
force air-molecules to vibrate faster than they can. I want to know what
would happen to the air-molecules affected. Would they molecules tear apart?

Let's say, hypothetically that one does attempt to force an area of
air-molecules to emit a 1 GHz sine-wave tone. What would happen? Would
the affected air-molecules be damaged or injured?

Bob Woodward

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May 16, 2008, 3:05:42 AM5/16/08
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Green Xenon [Radium] wrote:
> Mr.T wrote:
>
>
>> "Green Xenon [Radium]" <gluc...@excite.com> wrote in message
>> news:482a557b$0$30480$4c36...@roadrunner.com...
>>> Would someone please answer my question:

>

> Let's say, hypothetically that one does attempt to force an area of
> air-molecules to emit a 1 GHz sine-wave tone. What would happen? Would
> the affected air-molecules be damaged or injured?

You are building a microwave-oven

Green Xenon [Radium]

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May 16, 2008, 6:59:08 PM5/16/08
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Bob Woodward wrote:


How so?

UnsteadyKen

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May 16, 2008, 11:13:16 PM5/16/08
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Eeyore said:

> He's looking for REALLY extended treble !
>
Perhaps.
Surely the answer to this question is no.
Sound waves are propagated through air by the collision of molecules.
If the molecules cannot vibrate or move then they cannot collide
unless they are very closely packed and the question did state
"in the troposphere"

--
Ken

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