Product Manual

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Table A5 (continued): Sound Speeds in Solids
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Material
Sound Speed*
Shear Wave!25ºC""
Sound Speed*
Long.Wave!25ºC""
m/s ft/s mm/us in/us
Iron!Armco""
3,240 10,630 5.90 0.2323
Ductile Iron 3,000 9,843
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Cast Iron 2,500 8,203 4.55 0.1791
Monel 2,720 8,924 5.35 0.2106
Nickel 2,960 9,712 5.63 0.2217
Tin,rolled 1,670 5,479 3.32 0.1307
Tintanium 3,125 10,253 6.10 0.2402
Tungsten,annealed 2,890 9,482 5.18 0.2039
Tungsten,drawn 2,640 8,661
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Tungsten,carbide 3,980 13,058
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Zinc,rolled 2,440 8,005 4.17 0.1642
Glass,Pyrex 3,280 10,761 5.61 0.2209
Glass,heavy silicate flint 2,380 7,808
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Glass,Iight borate crown 2,840 9,318 5.26 0.2071
Nylon 1,150 3,772 2.40 0.0945
Nylon,6-6 1,070 3,510
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Polyethylene!LD""
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2.31 0.0909
Polyethylene!LD""
540 1,772 1.94 0.0764
PVC,CPVC 1,060 3,477 2.40 0.0945
Acrylic 1,430 4,690 2.73 0.1075
Asbestos Cement
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2.20 0.0866
Tar Epoxy
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2.00 0.0787
Mortar
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2.50 0.0984
Rubber
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1.90 0.00748