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23 SOUND VELOCITIES OF COMMON MATERIALS
Sound velocity
Material
(m/s)
Aluminium
6350
Bismuth
2184
Brass
4394
Cadmium
2769
Cast Iron
4572
Constantan
5232
Copper
4674
Epoxy Resin
2540
German Silver
4750
Glass, Crown
5664
Glass, Flint
4267
Gold
3251
Ice
3988
Iron
5893
Lead
2159
Magnesium
5791
Mercury
1448
Nickel
5639
Nylon
2591
Material
(in/µs)
0.250
Paraffin
0.086
Platinum
0.173
Plexiglas
0.109
Polystyrene
0.180
Porcelain
(Approx.)
0.206
PVC
0.184
Quartz Glass
0.100
Rubber, Vulcan-
(Approx.)
ised
0.187
Silver
0.223
Steel
0.168
Steel, Stainless
0.128
Stellite
0.157
Teflon
0.232
Tin
0.085
Titanium
0.228
Tungsten
0.057
Water
0.222
Zinc
0.102
(Approx.)
Sound velocity
(m/s)
(in/µs)
2210
0.087
3962
0.156
2692
0.106
2337
0.092
5842
0.230
(Approx.)
2388
0.094
5639
0.222
2311
0.091
3607
0.142
5918
0.233
5664
0.223
6985
0.275
(Approx.)
1422
0.056
3327
0.131
6096
0.240
5334
0.210
1473
0.058
4216
0.166
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