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

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3.2.6 Transducer Efficiency, Bandwidth and Frequency<br />

3.2.6.1 Resolution<br />

Some transducers are specially fabricated to be more efficient transmitters<br />

and others to be more efficient receivers. A transducer that per<strong>for</strong>ms well in<br />

one application will not always produce the desired results in a different<br />

application. For example, sensitivity to small defects is proportional to the<br />

product of the efficiency of the transducer as a transmitter and a receiver.<br />

Resolution, the ability to locate defects near the surface or in close proximity<br />

in the material, requires a highly damped transducer.

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