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Appendix A Sound Velocities
Material
Sound Velocity
in/µs
m/s
Aluminum
0.250
6340-6400
Steel, common
0.233
5920
Steel, stainless
0.226
5740
Brass
0.173
4399
Copper
0.186
4720
Iron
0.233
5930
Cast Iron
0.173-0.229
4400
-
5820
Lead
0.094
2400
Nylon
0.105
2680
Silver
0.142
3607
Gold
0.128
3251
Zinc
0.164
4170
Titanium
0.236
5990
Tin
0.117
2960
Poly
0.109
2760
Epoxy resin
0.100
2540
Ice
0.157
3988
Nickel
0.222
5639
Plexiglass
0.106
2692
Polystyrene
0.092
2337
Porcelain
0.230
5842
PVC
0.094
2388
Quartz glass
0.222
5639
Rubber, vulcanized
0.091
2311
Teflon
0.056
1422
Water
0.058
1473
Note
:
the sound velocity shown is approximately, for reference only.
Appendix B Applications Notes
Measuring pipe and tubing.
When measuring a piece of pipe to determine the thickness of the pipe wall, orientation of the
transducers is important. If the diameter of the pipe is larger than approximately 4 inches, measurements
should be made with the transducer oriented so that the gap in the wearface is perpendicular (at right
angle) to the long axis of the pipe. For smaller pipe diameters, two measurements should be performed,
one with the wearface gap perpendicular, another with the gap parallel to the long axis of the pipe. The
smaller of the two displayed values should then be taken as the thickness at that point.