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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
May. 28, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Sauerland, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Assignee:
SMS Meer GmbH, Moncnengladbach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/904 ;
Abstract
The speed of sound c is determined in a material as a function of the temperature T by heating an end of an elongated sample body of the material of the temperature and determining the time difference for the receipt of echoes from two reflective zones at the heated end. The opposite end of the body is cooled in a water bath which can couple an ultrasonic test head to the body.