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No, sound cannot travel through all seven states of matter because not all states of matter support the propagation of sound waves. Sound is a mechanical wave that requires a medium to travel through. The seven states of matter are often described as solid, liquid, gas, plasma, Bose-Einstein condensate, fermionic condensate, and quark-gluon plasma.

Among these states, sound can travel through solids, liquids, and gases. In solids, sound waves propagate through the vibration of particles or molecules in a regular lattice structure. In liquids, sound waves travel through the compression and rarefaction of molecules. In gases, sound waves propagate through the compression and expansion of air particles.

On the other hand, sound cannot travel through the other states of matter. Plasma, which is a highly ionized gas, can transmit electromagnetic waves but not sound waves. Bose-Einstein condensate, fermionic condensate, and quark-gluon plasma are states of matter that exist at extremely low temperatures or high energies, and they do not support the transmission of sound waves.

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