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UT Testing-Section 2 Physics of Ultrasound

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What properties <strong>of</strong> material affect its speed <strong>of</strong> sound?<br />

Of course, sound does travel at different speeds in different materials. This is<br />

because the (1) mass <strong>of</strong> the atomic particles and the (2) spring constants are<br />

different for different materials. The mass <strong>of</strong> the particles is related to the<br />

density <strong>of</strong> the material, and the spring constant is related to the elastic<br />

constants <strong>of</strong> a material. The general relationship between the speed <strong>of</strong> sound<br />

in a solid and its density and elastic constants is given by the following<br />

equation:

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