INVESTIGATION OF EFFECTS OF TUNGSTEN ON ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE BY CALCULATING SOUND VELOCITIES FROM ELASTIC MODULUS APPROACH

Abstract

Some metal filler powders, such as tungsten, are available as support materials in the bodies of ultrasonic transducers. The backing materials consist of two types of epoxy material, mainly hardener and adhesive, and filler powders. One of the reasons why these filler powders are incorporated into epoxy materials is the desire to achieve high acoustic impedance in ultrasonic probes. In this context, samples with different epoxy mixing ratios of tungsten added in amounts of 1, 2, 5 and 10 grams were prepared for the measurement, and the sound velocities used in the calculation of acoustic impedance were calculated over elastic modulus and densities measured by mechanical method. Thus, the effects of tungsten used in the support material in the probes of ultrasound devices were investigated. As a result, the increasing effect of tungsten on acoustic impedance was also determined with the calculations made by mechanical method.