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Velocity and attenuation of ultrasound are the two most important properties of materials used in ultrasonic applications. Many techniques (Sachse and Pao, 1978; Kline, 1984; Bamber, 1986; Zeqiri, 1988) have been developed for measuring velocity and attenuation of longitudinal waves at frequencies ranging from 1 to 10 MHz. Among them, two methods are popular. One is the so-called discrete frequency method; the other is the broadband pulse technique or the ultrasonic spectroscopy method.
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Wu, J. (1997). Determination of Velocity and Attenuation Using Broadband Pulse Technique. In: Lees, S., Ferrari, L.A. (eds) Acoustical Imaging. Acoustical Imaging, vol 23. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8588-0_22
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