THE SPEED OF SOUND IN A MERCURY ULTRASONIC INTERFEROMETER MANOMETER

被引:22
作者
TILFORD, CR
机构
[1] NBS, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, NBS, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
关键词
ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT - Wave Velocity - INTERFEROMETERS - Ultrasonic Applications;
D O I
10.1088/0026-1394/24/3/003
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The speed of sound in mercury, c, for frequencies between 9. 5 and 10. 5 MHz, has been measured by comparison with a frequency-stabilized infrared laser. For 75 mm diameter mercury columns with lengths L from 50 to 400 mm, temperatures T between 21. 5 and 29. 2 degree C, and pressures P up to 230 kPa, the results are given. These results have not been corrected for diffraction effects and the length L does not include that of a 10 mm beryllium buffer disk between the mercury and the ultrasonic transducer. The indicated length dependence is expected to decrease as the length increases beyond 400 mm.
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