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

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When signals are in phase, their amplitudes are additive, thus a greater<br />

amplitude wave enters the test piece. Figure (12) shows the active element<br />

and the wear plate, and when they are in phase. If a transducer is not tightly<br />

controlled or designed with care and the proper materials, and the sound<br />

waves are not in phase, it causes a disruption in the wave front.

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