High frequency properties of passive materials for ultrasonic transducers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-84

  Wang, Haifcng ^a   Ritter, Tim ^a   Cao, Wenwu ^a   Shung, K Kirk ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ALUMINA; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FILLERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TUNGSTEN; VOLUME FRACTION;

PASSIVE MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC SPECTROSCOPY;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; EPOXIDE; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; TRANSDUCER;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; LENSES; TRANSDUCERS; TUNGSTEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034745861     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.895911     Document Type: Article

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