Pitch-catch only ultrasonic fluid densitometer
Abstract
The present invention is an ultrasonic fluid densitometer that uses a material wedge and pitch-catch only ultrasonic transducers for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals internally reflected within the material wedge. Density of a fluid is determined by immersing the wedge into the fluid and measuring reflection of ultrasound at the wedge-fluid interface.
- Inventors:
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- Richland, WA
- Pasco, WA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872212
- Patent Number(s):
- 5886250
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- pitch-catch; ultrasonic; fluid; densitometer; material; wedge; transducers; transmitting; receiving; signals; internally; reflected; density; determined; immersing; measuring; reflection; ultrasound; wedge-fluid; interface; material wedge; fluid densitometer; internally reflected; ultrasonic signal; ultrasonic transducer; ultrasonic signals; ultrasonic fluid; ultrasonic transducers; sonic signals; signals internally; wedge-fluid interface; measuring reflection; receiving ultrasonic; sonic signal; /73/
Citation Formats
Greenwood, Margaret S, and Harris, Robert V. Pitch-catch only ultrasonic fluid densitometer. United States: N. p., 1999.
Web.
Greenwood, Margaret S, & Harris, Robert V. Pitch-catch only ultrasonic fluid densitometer. United States.
Greenwood, Margaret S, and Harris, Robert V. Fri .
"Pitch-catch only ultrasonic fluid densitometer". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872212.
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- Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation