Highly attenuative rubber modified epoxy for ultrasonic transducer backing applications

Ultrasonics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 669-675

  Nguyen, N T ^a   Lethiecq, M ^a   Karlsson, B ^a   Patat, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Blend of polymers; Composites; Heterogeneous polymer; High attenuation; Rubber modified epoxy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ATTENUATION; BANDWIDTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EPOXY RESINS; RUBBER APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BACKING MATERIALS; HETEROGENEOUS POLYMERS; RUBBER MODIFIED EPOXY;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0030215206     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-624X(96)00064-9     Document Type: Article

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