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

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The Perspex shoes hold the crystals away from the test surface so that the<br />

initial pulse does not appear on the CRT screen. The dead zone is greatly<br />

reduced to the region adjoining the test surface, where the transmission and<br />

reception beams do not overlap.<br />

More on Dead Zone BS EN 12668-Part1 Section: 3.5<br />

Dead time after transmitter pulse<br />

time interval following the start of the transmitter pulse during which the amplifier is<br />

unable to respond to incoming signals, when using the pulse echo method, because of<br />

saturation by the transmitter pulse

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