Ultrasonic velocity measurements in liquids with high resolution - Techniques, selected applications and perspectives

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Kaatze, Udo ^a   Eggers, Frieder ^b   Lautscham, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adiabatic compressibility; Pulse methods; Resonator techniques; Sound velocity; Ultrasonic spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTICAL METHODS; ADIABATIC COMPRESSIBILITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PULSE METHODS; RESONATOR TECHNIQUES; SELECTED EXAMPLES; ULTRASONIC SPECTROMETRY;

ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 46749102915     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/19/6/062001     Document Type: Article

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