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Table of Ultrasonic Properties

Material

Velocity: 

Longitudinal

Velocity: 

Shear

Velocity: 

Surface

Acoustic

Impedance

  cm/msec   in/msec cm/msec   in/msec cm/msec   in/msec Gm/cm2-sec (x 105)
Air (20ºC) .0343       .0135      
Alcohol, Ethyl .118        .0465 .789   .930
Alcohol, Isopropyl .117        .0461 .786   .919
AL 1100-0 (2SO) .635        .250 .310         .1220   17.2
Bakelite .259        .102 1.40   3.63
Brass .428        .168 .203         .0799   36.7
Copper .466        .183 .226         .0890 .193         .0760 41.6
Glass, Crown (reg.) .566        .223 .342         .1346   14.2
Glass, Quartz .557        .219 .352         .1386   14.5
Glass, plate .571        .225 .343         .135   14.5
Glycerine .192        .0757 1.260       2.42    
Gold  .324        .128 .120         .0472   62.6
Ice .399        .157 .198         .078    
Iron, Cast .480        .189 .240         .0945   37.4
Lead .216        .085

.070         .0276

 .0630       .0248 24.6
Lucite .268        .106

.126         .0496

   3.16
Magnesium .631        .248 1.74   11.0
Micarta (Linen Base) .300        .118      
Molybdenum .629        .248 .335         .132 .311        .122 64.2
Monel .602        .237 .272         .107 .196        .0772 53.2
Nickel .562        .222 .296         .117 .264        .104 50.0
Nitrogen (20ºC) .0350      .0130 1.16 x 10-3   .000406
Nylon .262        .103 2.9    
Oxygen (20ºC) .0328      .0129 1.32 x 10-3   .000433
Plutonium .179        .0705     28.2
Potassium (100ºC) .186        .0735     1.5
Quartz, Natural .575        .226     15.2
Sapphire .980        .386      
Silver .360        .142 .159        .0626   37.8
Sodium (100ºC) .253        .0996     2.3
Steel, 302 Cres .566        .223 .312        .123 .312        .123 45.4
Steel, 347 Cres .574        .226 .309        .122   45.4
Steel, 410 Cres .739        .291 .299        .118 .216        .0850 56.7
Steel  1020       .589 .232        .324 .128        7.71 45.4
Steel  1095       .590 .232        .319 .126        7.80 46.0
Tantalum .410        .161 .290        .114 16.6        54.8  
Tin .332        .131 .167        .0657 7.29        24.2  
Titanium .607        .239 .311        .122 4.50        27.3  
Tungsten .518        .204 .287        .113 .265        .104 99.7
Uranium .338        .133     64.0
Uranium Dioxide .518        .205     56.7
Water (20ºC) .1483      .0584     1.483
Zinc .417        .164 .24         .0949   29.6
Zircaloy 2            .472 .186       .236   44.2
Zirconium .465       .183 .225       .0886   30.1

  

 
 

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