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Liquids and gases cannot propagate transverse waves. Why?

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Liquids and gases cannot sustain shearing stress. Therefore transverse waves in the form of crests and troughs (involving change of shape) are not possible in fluids. Rather, the fluid posses volume elasticity. Therefore, compressions and rarefactions (involving changes in volume) can be propagated through fluids

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