The capacitance transducer as a standard ultrasonic source in solids

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 1650-1659

  Schindel, David W ^a   Hutchins, David A ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERFEROMETRY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; STANDARD; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0028945257     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.412104     Document Type: Article

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