Why can't transverse waves produce in gases?

Transverse-waves need a medium rigid enough to propagate, which liquids can't provide. Shear strength is a material's ability to resist forces that can cause the internal structure of the material to slide against itself. In other words, it is the maximum shear stress which a material can withstand without rupture. read more

Transverse waves are those waves where the displacement of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of the propagation of the wave. For example, the ripples on the surface of water when we throw a stone in it causes transverse waves. read more

Transverse waves cannot propagate in gases because there are no forces to cause motion perpendicular to the direction of the wave. A transverse wave propagates in a solid because each atom of the solid has an "equilibrium location" where the forces on it from all its neighboring atoms balance. read more