Scientists finally crack mystery of how clapping generates sound Study finds sound isn’t just from two hands smashing into each other Vishwam Sankaran Friday 30 May 2025 08:45 BST 7 Comments ...

The sound of a clap also carries a signature. “Every person’s clapping has a different sound, a different frequency, and a different resonance,” said Guoqin Liu, co-author and researcher at ...

The “Helmholtz resonator” concept explains the frequencies of sound produced by clapping the hands together in different configurations.

The results: The hand configuration that produced the loudest clap—85.2 dB—consisted of holding the hands 45 degrees to each other with the palms partially overlapping. If one were more ...

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Scientists have finally unravelled the complex process that generates sound during handclaps, a discovery that shows how even simple acts can be rich with physics. The research, published in the ...