Siemens SITRANS F Operating Instructions Manual page 210

Section 5
SONIC VELOCITY FOR PURE WATER @ VARIOUS TEMP. (meters/sec)
Liquid
Water
Vps VALUES (in inches/second) FOR SOME COMMON METALS
Metal
Aluminum
AL 1100 (2S)
AL 1100-0 (2S0)
AL 2014 (14S)
AL 2024-T4 (24ST)
AL 2117-T4 (17ST)
Brass
Brass, Alpha
Brass, Half Hard
Brass, Naval
Bronze, Phosphor
Cadmium
Carpenter 20 Steel
Columbium
Columbium (10W, 10TN)
Constantan
Copper
Iconel
Iron
Iron, Cast
Magnesium AM-35
Magnesium PS-1
Magnesium J-1
Deg. C Deg. F Vs (m/s)
0 32 1402
10 50 1447
20 68 1482
30 86 1509
40 104 1529
50 122 1543
60 140 1551
70 158 1555
80 176 1554
90 194 1550
100 212 1543
110 230 1532
Vps (in/sec)
120,000
121,000
122,000
121,000
124,000
123,000
89,400
79,500
80,700
83,500
87,800
59,100
117,900
82,700
74,800
104,000
89,400
119,000
127,000
110,000
122,000
119,000
118,000
Liquid Deg. C Deg. F
Water 120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
220
240
260
Metal
Magnesium O-1
Magnesium ZK-60A-TS
Monel
Molybdenum
Nickel
Steel, 302 Cres.
Steel, 347 Cres.
Steel, 1020
Steel, 1095
Steel, 4150, Rc14
Steel, 4150, Rc18
Steel, 4150, Rc43
Steel, 4340
Tantalum
Tin
Titanium
Titanium, T1 150A
Titanium Carbide
Tungsten
Vanadium
Zinc
Zirconium
5-8
1010PFM-3G
Vs (m/s)
248 1519
266 1503
284 1485
302 1466
320 1440
338 1412
356 1390
374 1360
392 1333
428 1268
464 1192
500 1110
Vps (in/sec)
120,000
120,000
107,000
132,000
118,000
123,000
122,000
128,000
126,000
110,000
125,000
126,000
126,000
114,000
65,700
122,000
124,000
203,000
113,000
109,000
94,900
88,600