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Acoustic Characterization of Ultrasonic Transducer Materials II
Ultrasonics
  • Kuiming Liang
  • Clyde G. Oakley
  • Wayne Huebner, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Hal Kunkel
Alternative Title
The effect of curing agent in binary epoxy blends on acoustic properties
Abstract

The acoustic properties of seven new series of binary epoxy blends as a function of the composition of the flexible epoxy were studied at room temperature in the low-MHz frequency range. Each blend was composed of a flexible epoxy resin, DER 736, mixed with one of four rigid epoxies, DER 330, DER 331, DER 332 or DEN 431, and crosslinked with one of four curing agents, DEH 26, DEH 29, DEH 39 or Thermoset 310. All elastic moduli and Poisson's ratios were calculated by using longitudinal velocity, shear velocity and density. This paper focuses on the effect of curing agents on the epoxy blends throughout the entire range of epoxy mix ratios. It has been found that there are basically two types of acoustic properties in these formulations depending on whether their glass transition temperature is above or below the temperature at which the measurements are made. The acoustic properties were strongly influenced by the curing agent and the amount of DER 736. However, for a given curing agent, the selection of the specific rigid epoxy did not have a large effect on the properties.

Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Acoustic Properties,
  • Curing Agent,
  • Epoxy Blends,
  • Mouli,
  • Piezocomposite,
  • Poisson's Ratio
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 1999 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
3-1-1999
Publication Date
01 Mar 1999
Citation Information
Kuiming Liang, Clyde G. Oakley, Wayne Huebner and Hal Kunkel. "Acoustic Characterization of Ultrasonic Transducer Materials II" Ultrasonics (1999) ISSN: 0041-624X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wayne-huebner/8/