UT Material Properties Tables

Accoustic Properties for

Ceramics, Crystals, Glass, & Minerals

Ceramics, Crystals, Glass, & Minerals	Longitudinal Velocity		Shear Velocity		Density g/cm³	Acoustic Impedance g/cm²-sec x10⁵
Ceramics, Crystals, Glass, & Minerals	cm/µs	in/µs	cm/µs	in/µs	Density g/cm³	Acoustic Impedance g/cm²-sec x10⁵
Alumina	.981	.3862	*N/A*	*N/A*	2.60	25.5
Brick	.365	.1437	.256	.101	3.60	15.3
Clay Rock	.348	.137	.342	.135	2.50	14.2
Concrete	.365	.1437	*N/A*	*N/A*	2.30	6.9-10.4
Flint	.426	.1677	.269	.117	3.60	18.9
Glass Crown (reg.)	.566	.2228	.352	.139	2.60	14.5
Glass Crown (heaviest)	.526	.2071	.326	.128	*N/A*	*N/A*
Glass Quartz	.557	.2193	.343	.135	2.60	14.5
Glass Window	.679	.2673	.343	.135	*N/A*	*N/A*
Glass, Plate	.571	.2248	*N/A*	*N/A*	2.75	10.7
Glass, Pyrex	.556	.2189	.198	.0780	*N/A*	*N/A*
Granite	.390	.1535	*N/A*	*N/A*	*N/A*	*N/A*
Ice	.399	.1571	.326	.128	.9	16.4
Ivory	.301	.1185	*N/A*	*N/A*	2.17	1.4
Marble	.615	.2421	*N/A*	*N/A*	1.54	9.5
Rock Salt (X dir)	.478	.1882	*N/A*	*N/A*	*N/A*	*N/A*
Rochelle Salt	.536	.211	.376	.148	2.20	13.1
Sapphire	.980	.3858	*N/A*	*N/A*	2.60	25.5
Silica (fused)	.596	.2346	*N/A*	*N/A*	2.20	13.1
Slate	.450	.1772	*N/A*	*N/A*	*N/A*	*N/A*
Sulfur (115° C)	.135	.0531	*N/A*	*N/A*	*N/A*	*N/A*

Data compiled by Xactex Corporation. Sources of original data are unknown.-