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A wide variety of couplant materials may be used in ultrasonic gauging. Propylene glycol is
suitable for most applications. In difficult applications where maximum transfer of sound energy is
required, glycerin is recommended. However, on some metals glycerin can promote corrosion by
means of water absorption and thus may be undesirable. Other suitable couplants for measurements
at normal temperatures may include water, various oils and greases, gels, and silicone fluids.
Measurements at elevated temperatures will require specially formulated high temperature couplants.
Inherent in ultrasonic thickness measurement is the possibility that the instrument will use the
second rather than the first echo from the back surface of the material being measured while in
standard pulse-echo mode. This may result in a thickness reading that is TWICE what it should be.
The Responsibility for proper use of the instrument and recognition of these types of phenomenon
rests solely with the user of the instrument.