Development of ultrasonic sensors for operation in a heavy liquid metal

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1134-1142

  Kazys, Rymantas ^a,b   Voleisis, Algirdas ^b   Sliteris, Reimondas ^b   Voleisiene, Birute ^b   Mazeika, Liudas ^b   Kupschus, Peter H ^a,c   Abderrahim, Hamid Aït ^c  

^a IEEE   (Lithuania)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heavy liquid metal; High temperature ultrasonic sensor; Ultrasonic transducer

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC COUPLING; ACTIVE SURFACES; DIFFUSION BONDING; ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

DIFFUSION; LIQUID METALS; NEUTRON BEAMS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; RADIATION PROTECTION; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

SENSORS;

EID: 33749517492     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.877997     Document Type: Article

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