Table of Ultrasonic Properties
| Material | Velocity: Longitudinal cm/msec in/msec |
Velocity: Shear cm/msec in/msec |
Velocity: Surface cm/msec in/msec |
Acoustic Impedance Gm/cm2-sec (x 105) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air (20°C) | .0343 .0135 | |||
| Alcohol, Ethyl | .118 .0465 | .789 | .930 | |
| Alcohol, Isopropyl | .117 .0461 | .786 | .919 | |
| AL 1100-0 (2SO) | .635 .250 | .310 .1220 | 17.2 | |
| Bakelite | .259 .102 | 1.40 | 3.63 | |
| Brass | .428 .168 | .203 .0799 | 36.7 | |
| Copper | .466 .183 | .226 .0890 | .193 .0760 | 41.6 |
| Glass, Crown (reg.) | .566 .223 | .342 .1346 | 14.2 | |
| Glass, Quartz | .557 .219 | .352 .1386 | 14.5 | |
| Glass, plate | .571 .225 | .343 .135 | 14.5 | |
| Glycerine | .192 .0757 | 1.260 2.42 | ||
| Gold | .324 .128 | .120 .0472 | 62.6 | |
| Ice | .399 .157 | .198 .078 | ||
| Iron, Cast | .480 .189 | .240 .0945 | 37.4 | |
| Lead | .216 .085 |
.070 .0276 |
.0630 .0248 | 24.6 |
| Lucite | .268 .106 |
.126 .0496 |
3.16 | |
| Magnesium | .631 .248 | 1.74 | 11.0 | |
| Micarta (Linen Base) | .300 .118 | |||
| Molybdenum | .629 .248 | .335 .132 | .311 .122 | 64.2 |
| Monel | .602 .237 | .272 .107 | .196 .0772 | 53.2 |
| Nickel | .562 .222 | .296 .117 | .264 .104 | 50.0 |
| Nitrogen (20°C) | .0350 .0130 | 1.16 x 10-3 | .000406 | |
| Nylon | .262 .103 | 2.9 | ||
| Oxygen (20°C) | .0328 .0129 | 1.32 x 10-3 | .000433 | |
| Plutonium | .179 .0705 | 28.2 | ||
| Potassium (100°C) | .186 .0735 | 1.5 | ||
| Quartz, Natural | .575 .226 | 15.2 | ||
| Sapphire | .980 .386 | |||
| Silver | .360 .142 | .159 .0626 | 37.8 | |
| Sodium (100°C) | .253 .0996 | 2.3 | ||
| Steel, 302 Cres | .566 .223 | .312 .123 | .312 .123 | 45.4 |
| Steel, 347 Cres | .574 .226 | .309 .122 | 45.4 | |
| Steel, 410 Cres | .739 .291 | .299 .118 | .216 .0850 | 56.7 |
| Steel | 1020 .589 | .232 .324 | .128 7.71 | 45.4 |
| Steel | 1095 .590 | .232 .319 | .126 7.80 | 46.0 |
| Tantalum | .410 .161 | .290 .114 | 16.6 54.8 | |
| Tin | .332 .131 | .167 .0657 | 7.29 24.2 | |
| Titanium | .607 .239 | .311 .122 | 4.50 27.3 | |
| Tungsten | .518 .204 | .287 .113 | .265 .104 | 99.7 |
| Uranium | .338 .133 | 64.0 | ||
| Uranium Dioxide | .518 .205 | 56.7 | ||
| Water (20°C) | .1483 .0584 | 1.483 | ||
| Zinc | .417 .164 | .24 .0949 | 29.6 | |
| Zircaloy | 2 .472 | .186 .236 | 44.2 | |
| Zirconium | .465 .183 | .225 .0886 | 30.1 |
