DAKOTA ULTRASONICS DX-1 Manual page 27

Sound Velocities of some Common Materials
M a te r ia l
A lu m in u m
B is m u th
B ra s s
C a d m iu m
C a s t Ir o n
C o n s ta n ta n
C o p p e r
E p o x y r e s in
G e r m a n s ilv e r
G la s s , c r o w n
G la s s ,flin t
G o ld
Ic e
Iro n
L e a d
M a g n e s iu m
M e r c u r y
N ic k e l
N y lo n
P a r a ffin
P la tin u m
P le x ig la s s
P o ly s ty r e n e
P o r c e la in
P V C
Q u a r tz g la s s
R u b b e r , v u lc a n iz e d
S ilv e r
S te e l, c o m m o n
S te e l, s ta in le s s
S te llite
T e flo n
T in
T ita n iu m
T u n g s te n
Z in c
W a te r
APPENDIX C
s o u n d v e lo c ity
in /u s
0 .2 5 0
0 .0 8 6
0 .1 7 3
0 .1 0 9
0 .1 8 0 ( a p p r x )
0 .2 0 6
0 .1 8 4
0 .1 0 0 ( a p p r x )
0 .1 8 7
0 .2 2 3
0 .1 6 8
0 .1 2 8
0 .1 5 7
0 .2 3 2
0 .0 8 5
0 .2 2 8
0 .0 5 7
0 .2 2 2
0 .1 0 2 ( a p p r x )
0 .0 8 7
0 .1 5 6
0 .1 0 6
0 .0 9 2
0 .2 3 0 ( a p p r x )
0 .0 9 4
0 .2 2 2
0 .0 9 1
0 .1 4 2
0 .2 3 3
0 .2 2 3
0 .2 7 5 ( a p p r x )
0 .0 5 6
0 .1 3 1
0 .2 4 0
0 .2 1 0
0 .1 6 6
0 .0 5 8
DX-1 Ultrasonic Micrometer
m /s
6 3 5 0
2 1 8 4
4 3 9 4
2 7 6 9
4 5 7 2
5 2 3 2
4 6 7 4
2 5 4 0
4 7 5 0
5 6 6 4
4 2 6 7
3 2 5 1
3 9 8 8
5 8 9 3
2 1 5 9
5 7 9 1
1 4 4 8
5 6 3 9
2 5 9 1
2 2 1 0
3 9 6 2
2 6 9 2
2 3 3 7
5 8 4 2
2 3 8 8
5 6 3 9
2 3 1 1
3 6 0 7
5 9 1 8
5 6 6 4
6 9 8 5
1 4 2 2
3 3 2 7
6 0 9 6
5 3 3 4
4 2 1 6
1 4 7 3
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