A novel approach to acoustic liquid density measurements using a buffer rod based measuring cell

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1794-1808

  Bjørndal, Erlend ^a,b   Frøysa, Kjell Eivind ^c   Engeseth, Svein Atle ^d  

^a IEEE

^b 3 Phase Measurements AS   (Norway)

^c CHRISTIAN MICHELSEN RESEARCH AS   (Norway)

^d BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; REFLECTION; TRANSDUCERS;

A-DENSITY; ABC METHOD; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; DISTILLED WATER; LIQUID DENSITIES; PULSE-ECHO MODE; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; SYMMETRICAL ARRANGEMENT; TIME DOMAINS; TRANSMISSION PATHS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MANOMETRY; MICROFLUIDICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; DENSITOMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MANOMETRY; MICROFLUIDICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 49449098264     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.863     Document Type: Article

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