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DMTA-10022-01EN, Rev. C, January 2015
Table 28 Sound velocities in common materials (continued)
Polyamide (slow)
Nylon, fast
Polyethylene, high-density (HDPE)
Polyethylene, low-density (LDPE)
Polystyrene
Polyvinyl chloride, (PVC, hard)
Rubber (polybutadiene)
Silicon
Silicone
Steel, 1020
Steel, 4340
Steel, 302 austenitic stainless
Steel, 347 austenitic stainless
Tin
Titanium, Ti 150A
Tungsten
Water (20 °C)
Zinc
Zirconium
References
Folds, D. L. Experimental Determination of Ultrasonic Wave Velocities in Plastics,
Elastomers, and Syntactic Foam as a Function of Temperature. Panama City, Florida: Naval
Research and Development Laboratory, 1971.
Fredericks, J. R. Ultrasonic Engineering. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1965.
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Cleveland, Ohio: Chemical Rubber Co., 1963.
Mason, W. P. Physical Acoustics and the Properties of Solids. New York: D.Van Nostrand
Co., 1958.
Papadakis, E. P. Panametrics – unpublished notes, 1972.
218 Appendix B
Material V (m/s) V (in./µs)
2200 0.087
2600 0.102
2460 0.097
2080 0.082
2340 0.092
2395 0.094
1610 0.063
9620 0.379
1485 0.058
5890 0.232
5850 0.230
5660 0.223
5740 0.226
3320 0.131
6100 0.240
5180 0.204
1480 0.0580
4170 0.164
4650 0.183