Ultrasonic Interferometer for Solids

Ultrasonic Interferometer For (Solids)   

Non-Destructive Testing of Material is an important part of Engineering Education as it gives information without deformation in the shape and size of the material. One of the NDT techniques, Piezoelectric Technique is widely used for the measurement of composition dependent properties such as ultrasonic velocity, compressibility, elastic constant, Young’s modulus and Bulk modulus. Its suitability for metals, plastics, polymers and crystals etc. make it versatile tool for Engineering Physics, Material Science and Polymer Science. This NDT apparatus is being used in several I.I.T.s/Universities/Engineering Colleges for laboratory experiments and Research work.

Theory
In this technique the specimen is cemented to a quartz rod of identical cross section and resonant frequency of the composite system (fc) is determined using the apparatus. The resonant frequency of the quartz crystal (fq) is also determined. From the knowledge of fq, fc and the masses of the quartz and the specimen, the resonant frequency of the specimen is evaluated using the relation

Using the value of, the length of the specimen and the density of the specimen, the velocity of the ultrasonic waves in the specimen (v) and compressibility can be calculated using relations

whereis density of specimen.

Young's Modulus of specimen is calculated using relation