title: Ultrasonic properties of water/sorbitol solutions.
abstract: Ultrasonic longitudinal velocity and attenuation were measured for aqueous solutions of sorbitol at approximately 5 MHz. For pure sorbitol, the ultrasonic velocity reached 3200 m s(-1), consequently leading to a high acoustical impedance (around 5 x 10(6) Rayleigh) and good matching between the ultrasonic transducers and material samples.
authors.affiliation: Université Montpellier II, Institut d'Electronique du Sud CC 082, UMR CNRS 5214, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France. didier.laux@ies.univ-montp2.fr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laux
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lévêque
authors.forename: V Cereser
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Camara
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012996:Solutions; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000737:chemistry*; D014465:Ultrasonics; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D013012:Sorbitol