Do snapping your fingers break the sound barrier?

Short answer: No. Not even close. Let's put this into perspective: The average human index finger has a mass of around 0.1kg. We know from Newton that Force = mass * acceleration. read more

To break a sound barier with the snap of your fingers would blow your hand off and kill you when your body was thrown from where u are positioned. It would probably blow your arm off and rupture many of your internal organs on impact of the air blast. read more

No, the sound of your middle finger breaking the sound barrier due to snapping fingers is much more visceral and gory, like flesh, ligament, and tendon tearing. Like an appendage being ripped from its socket, joints forcefully bending the wrong way. There may also be the snapping of breaking bone. read more

Best Answer: Unfortunately no, the snap of your fingers is not a sonic boom. A sonic boom is created when something goes faster than the speed of sound, and it is impossible to make your fingers move that fast. read more

When you snap your fingers, none of your fingers gets near the “sound barrier”, which is the speed of sound, or about 1235 km/h (767 mph). The snapping sound is your middle finger slapping the palm of your hand immediately after the finger is released. read more

A sonic boom is created when something goes faster than the speed of sound, and it is impossible to make your fingers move that fast. The sound you hear is the echo of your finger"snapping" down onto your palm and echoing in the tiny tunnel your other fingers are creating. read more