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Preparatory Notes for ASNT NDT Level III Examination - Ultrasonic Testing, UT

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2.6: Attenuation of Sound Waves<br />

2.6.1 Material Attenuation:<br />

Attenuation by definition is the rate of decrease of sound energy when a<br />

ultrasound wave id propagating in a medium. The sound attenuation in<br />

material depends on heat treatment, grain size, viscous friction, crystal<br />

stricture (anisotropy or isotropy), porosity, elastic hysteresis, hardness,<br />

Young’s modulus, etc.<br />

Sound attenuations are affected by; (1) Geometric beam spread, (2)<br />

Absorption, (3) Scattering.<br />

Material attenuation affects item (2) & (3).

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