Experimental study of the acoustical properties of polymers utilized to construct PVDF ultrasonic transducers and the acousto-electric properties of PVDF and P(VDF/TrFE) films

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1397-1405

  Bloornfield, Philip E ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECTS; ATTENUATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SPECTROMETRY; VINYL RESINS;

ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION; ACOUSTOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LUCITE; PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILMS; POLYDIMETHYL PENTANE; POLYTRIFLUOROETHYLENE FILMS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; PULSE ECHO METHODS; TIME DELAY SPECTROMETRY;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0034316341     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.883528     Document Type: Article

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