Is Snell's Law applicable for sound waves also?

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Do sound waves also diffract according to Snell's law like light waves do? Also, are sound waves polarizable like light waves are?

 

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No, sound and light have very little in common. Sound is the movement of molecules in the air, therefore it does not obey snell's law. Also, in order to be polarizable something must be a transverse wave, sound is a longitudinal wave.