Measurement method of particle concentration and acoustic properties in suspension using a focused ultrasonic impulse radiated from a plano-concave transducer

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Kobayashi, Tsutomu ^a   Tai, Hidekazu ^a   Kato, Suguru ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Particle concentration; Plano concave transducer; Pulse echo method; Ultrasonic convergence; Ultrasonic impulse; Ultrasonic measurement of particle concentration; Ultrasonic property of particle suspension; Wideband transducer

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ATTENUATION; BANDWIDTH; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

PARTICLE CONCENTRATION; PULSE-ECHO METHOD; ULTRASONIC CONVERGENCE; ULTRASONIC IMPULSE; WIDEBAND TRANSDUCERS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 33845685503     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.05.028     Document Type: Article

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