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velocity of ultrasound

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velocity of ultrasound,
the speed of ultrasound waves in a particular medium. The velocity varies from 331 meters per second (m/sec) in air to 1450 m/sec in fat, 1570 m/sec in blood, and 4080 m/sec in the skull.


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The modulus in the direction perpendicular to shear flow decreases compared with an unoriented polymer melt, resulting in a decrease in the velocity of ultrasound in the melt propagating perpendicularly to the shear flow direction.
An in-process ultrasonic approach to investigating the relaxation of ... by Li, Jiang; Sun, Zhigang; Tatibouet, Jacques; Jen, Cheng-Kuei / Polymer Engineering and Science
[FIGURE 10 OMITTED] DISCUSSION Velocity of ultrasound propagating in the polymer is strongly related to its physical and rheological properties.
Real-time monitoring of injection molding for microfluidic devices ... by Ono, Y.; Jen, C.-K.; Cheng, C.-C.; Kobayashi, M. / Polymer Engineering and Science
CONCLUSION An on-line system for reactive extrusion is developed for the measurement of longitudinal velocity of ultrasound passing through a polymerizing material.
On-line Ultrasonic Measurements of Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization ... by KIEHL, CHRISTOPHER; CHU, LIH-LONG; LETZ, KEITH; MIN, KYONSUKU / Polymer Engineering and Science
 
 
 
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