Attenuation of Sound in Suspensions and Emulsions: Theory and Experiments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 51, Issue 5B, 1972, Pages 1545-1564

  Allegra, J R ^a   Hawley, S A ^b  

^a Harvard University ^*

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; SUSPENSIONS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 0015345235     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1912999     Document Type: Article

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