Do you know why sound travels better in water

Question: Do you know why sound travels better in water
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  sound,
  water
Asked by wackit1 to Nik on 15 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by scousepagey.
- Nik Watson answered on 15 Mar 2013:
  
  it travels better through water as it is a nice homogenous fluid. Anything inside an object which may reflect the sound (such as bubbles) cause it problems. sound also travels best through obects which it travels the fastest through. That is why it travels better in water than air as its speed in water is around 1500m/s and in air is 343 m/s

dom1234 commented on 15 Mar 2013:

So would sound travel just as fast in other liquids like squash or orange juice? Would you here anything if you submerged in custurd? Probably not.

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Question: Do you know why sound travels better in water