Acoustic Properties of Solids(VII)
| Ref | Material | Vendor |
VL mm/s |
VS mm/s |
Þ g/cm3 |
ZL MRayl |
µ |
Loss dB/cm |
|---|
| M | Thorium - mp=1700°C, fissionable, high melting oxide | 2.40 | 1.56 | 11.3 | 33.2 | 0.134 | ||
| Tin | 3.3 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 24.2 | 0.31 | |||
| Titanium - mp=1725°C | 6.1 | 3.1 | 4.48 | 27.3 | 0.32 | |||
| M,PK | Titanium carbide - mp=3140°C | C | 8.27 | 5.16 | 5.15 | 42.6 | ||
| Tracon - 401 ST | Tr | 2.97 | 1.62 | 4.82 | ||||
| Tracon - 2135 D | Tr | 2.45 | 1.03 | 2.52 | ||||
| Tracon - 2143 D | Tr | 2.37 | 1.05 | 2.50 | ||||
| Tracon - 2162 D | Tr | 2.02 | 1.19 | 2.41 | ||||
| Tracon - 3011 | Tr | 2.12 | 1.2 | 2.54 | ||||
| Tungsten | C | 5.2 | 2.9 | 19.4 | 101.0 | 0.27 | ||
| Unobtainium (properties are proprietary!) | ||||||||
| Uranium | C | 3.4 | 2.0 | 18.5 | 63.0 | 0.24 | ||
| M | Uranium dioxide | C | 5.18 | 10.96 | 56.7 | |||
| M | Vanadium, mp=1890C | C | 6.00 | 2.78 | 6.03 | 36.2 | 0.36 | |
| PK | Wood - balsa | 0.80 | 0.10 | 0.08 | Q = 1.5 | |||
| KF | Wood - cork | 0.5 | 0.24 | 0.12 | ||||
| PK | Wood - cork | 1.150 | 0.13 | 0.15 | Q = 2.0 | |||
| KF | Wood - oak | 4.0 | 0.72 | 2.9 | ||||
| KF | Wood - pine | 3.5 | 0.45 | 1.57 | ||||
| Zinc (often very granular) | 4.2 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 29.6 | 0.26 | |||
| Zinc oxide | 6.40 | 2.95 | 5.68 | 36.4 | 0.37 | |||
| M | Zircaloy | 4.72 | 2.36 | 9.36 | 44.2 | |||
| M | Zirconium, mp=1852°C, used in poison ivy lotion | C | 4.65 | 2.25 | 6.48 | 30.1 | 0.35 |