ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE:

Solid Material
( at 20 C )
Aluminum
Aluminum-Oxide
Al ( 1100-0 )
Al ( 2014 )
Al ( 2024-T4 )
Al ( 2117-T4 )
Babbit Bearing
Beryllium
Bismuth
Brass
Brass ( Half Hard )
Brass ( Naval )
Bronze
Cadmium
Carbon Steel
Cesium
Concrete
Constantan
Copper
Cork
Diamond
Epoxy Resin
Fiberglass
Gallium
Germanium
Glass (Crown L )
Glass ( Crown H )
Glass ( Flint L )
Glass ( Flint H )
Glass (Pyrex )
Glass ( Quartz )
Glass ( Window )
Granite
Graphite ( Pressed )
Gold
Hafnium
Inconel
Indium
Iron
Iron ( Cast )
Ivory

Sound Velocity
]
6,320
10,000
6,350
6,320
6,370
6,500
2,300
12,800
2,180
4,280
3,830
4,430
3,530
2,780
5,920
970
4,300
5,240
4,750
500
18,000
2,900
2,730
2,740
5,410
5,240
5,250
4,260
4,270
5,640
5,750
5,760
4,000
2,500
3,240
3,840
5,720
2,220
5,950
5,800
3,000

Density

[
20,730
32,810
20,830
20,730
20,900
21,320
7,540
42,000
7,150
14,040
12,560
14,530
11,580
9,120
19,420
3,180
14,100
17,190
15,580
1,640
59,050
9,510
8,950
8,990
17,750
17,190
17,220
13,970
14,010
18,500
18,860
18,900
13,120
8,200
10,630
12,600
18,760
7,280
19,520
19,030
9,840

Acoustic Impedance
]

2.70
3.80
2.71
2.81
2.77
2.79
11.0
1.85
9.80
8.20
8.11
8.42
8.80
8.65
7.81
1.87
2.35
8.80
8.93
0.35
3.51
1.17
1.86
5.95
5.47
3.20
3.80
3.20
3.90
2.23
2.60
2.48
2.86
2.02
19.29
13.20
8.25
7.31
7.90
7.21
1.85

168.5
237.2
169.2
175.4
172.9
174.2
686.6
115.5
611.7
511.8
506.2
525.6
549.3
539.9
487.5
116.7
146.7
549.3
557.4
21.8
219.1
73.0
116.1
371.4
341.4
199.7
237.2
199.7
243.4
139,2
162.3
154.8
178.5
126.1
1,204
823.9
514.9
456.3
493.1
450.0
115.5

x 106 [
17.064
38.000
17.209
17.759
17.645
18.135
25.300
23.680
21.364
35.096
31.061
37.301
31.064
24.047
46.235
1.817
10.105
46.112
42.418
0.175
63.180
3.393
4.914
16.303
29.593
16.768
19.950
13.632
16.653
12.577
14.950
14.285
11.200
5.050
62.499
50.688
47.190
16.228
47.005
41.818
5.550

]
3.493
7.782
3.524
3.636
3.614
3.714
5.177
4.851
4.374
7.186
6.358
7.637
6.361
4.924
9.457
0.371
2.068
9.442
8.684
0.035
12.938
0.694
1.039
3.339
6.060
3.433
4.084
2.790
3.410
2.575
3.061
2.926
2.342
1.034
12.798
10.381
9.659
3.322
9.625
8.563
1.136

Solid Material
( at 20 C )
Lead
Magnesium
Mg ( AM-35 )
Mg ( FS-1 )
Mg ( J-1 )
Mg ( M )
Mg ( O-1 )
Mg ( ZK-60A-TS )
Manganese
Marble
Molybdenum
Monel
Nickel
Niobium
Nylon
PA ( Polyamide )
PE ( Polyethylene )
Pewter
PMMA ( Plexiglass )
Polystyrene
Porcelain
PTFE
PVC
Platinum
Plutonium
Potassium
Quartz ( Crystal )
Rubber ( Hard )
Rubber ( Soft )
Rubidium
Silicon
Silver
Silver-Nickel
Silver-Germanium
Steel ( 302 )
Steel ( 347 )
Steel ( 410 )
Steel ( 1020 )
Steel ( 1095 )
Steel ( 4150 RC14 )
Steel ( 4150 RC18 )
Steel ( 4150 RC43 )
Steel ( 4150 RC64 )

Sound Velocity
]
2,155
6,310
5,790
5,470
5,670
5,760
5,800
5,710
4,660
3,800
6,290
6,020
5,630
5,070
2,600
2,590
1,980
3,320
2,770
2,340
6,180
1,350
2,270
3,960
1,790
1,820
5,760
2,300
1,550
1,260
9,620
3,600
4,620
4,760
5,660
5,740
5,390
5,890
5,900
5,860
5,890
5,870
5,820

Density

[
7,070
20,700
19,000
17,940
18,600
18,900
19,030
18,730
15,290
12,470
20,630
19,750
18,470
16,630
8,530
8,500
6,490
10,890
9,090
7,670
20,270
4,430
7,440
12,990
5,870
5,970
18,900
7,540
5,080
4,130
31,560
11,810
15,150
15,610
18,570
18,830
17,860
19,320
19,350
19,220
19,320
19,260
19,090

Acoustic Impedance
]

11.34
1.74
1.74
1.69
1.70
1.75
1.82
1.83
7.43
2.70
10.21
8.83
8.80
8.57
1.15
1.15
0.90
7.30
1.18
1.05
2.45
2.20
1.39
21.45
19.84
0.86
2.65
1.20
0.92
1.53
2.33
10.50
8.75
8.71
8.30
7.91
7.67
7.72
7.79
7.84
7.83
7.81
7.80

707.8
108.6
108.6
105.5
106.1
109.2
113.6
114.2
463.8
168.5
637.3
551.2
549.3
535.0
71.8
71.8
56.2
455.7
73.6
65.5
152.9
137.3
86.7
1,339
1,238
53.7
165.4
74.9
57.4
95.5
145.4
655.4
546.1
543.7
518.1
493.7
478.7
481.9
486.3
489.4
488.7
487.5
486.9

x 106 [
24.438
10.979
10.075
9.244
9.639
10.080
10.556
10.449
34.624
10.260
64.221
53.157
49.544
43.450
2.990
2.979
1.782
24.236
3.269
2.457
15.141
2.970
3.155
84.942
35.514
1.565
15.264
2.760
1.426
1.930
22.415
37.800
40.425
41.460
46.978
45.403
41.341
45.961
45.961
45.942
46.119
45.845
45.396

]
5.004
2.248
2.063
1.893
1.973
2.064
2.162
2.139
7.092
2.101
13.147
10.886
10.146
8.897
0.612
0.610
0.365
4.963
0.669
0.502
3.099
0.608
0.645
17.394
7.267
0.321
3.126
0.565
0.292
0.394
4.589
7.740
8.273
8.487
9.621
9.296
8.550
9.310
9.410
9.406
9.442
9.389
9.295

Solid Material
( at 20 C )

Sound Velocity
]

Density

Acoustic Impedance
]

x 106 [

Steel ( 4340 )
Stellite
Structural Steel
( 0.2% C )
Structural Steel
( 0.35% C , 0.6% Mn
, 1%Cr , 0.2%Mo )
Structural Steel
( 0.3% C , 0.4% Mn ,
2% Cr , 2% Ni )
Tantalum
Thallium
Thorium
Tool Steel ( 1% C )
Tool Steel ( 2% C )
Tin
Titanium
Titanium-Carbide
Tungsten
Uranium
Uranium-Dioxide
Vanadium
Wood
Wood ( Hard )
Zinc
Zircaloy
Zirconium

5,850
7,050
5,920

19,190
23,130
19,420

7.79
8.46
7.85

486.3
528.1
490.0

45.572
59.643
46.472

9.332
12.215
9.516

5,950

19,520

7.84

489.4

46.648

9.553

5,930

19,450

7.85

490.0

46.551

9.531

4,100
1,620
2,400
5,855
6,020
3,320
6,070
8,270
5,180
3,380
5,180
6,000
3,450
3,960
4,170
4,720
4,650

13,450
5,310
7,870
19,210
19,890
10,890
19,910
27,130
16,990
11,090
16,990
19,680
11,320
12,990
13,680
15,480
15,250

16.65
11.85
11.72
7.85
7.76
7.20
4.54
5.15
19.30
18.95
10.97
5.80
0.80
1.35
7.13
9.03
6.49

1,036
739.7
731.6
490.0
484.4
449.4
277.8
321.5
1,204
1,183
684.7
362.0
50.0
84.3
445.0
563.6
405.1

68.265
19.197
28.128
45.962
46.715
23.904
27.558
42.591
99.974
64.051
56.825
34.800
2.760
5.346
29.732
42.622
30.179

13.934
3.928
5.758
9.413
9.635
4.894
5.531
8.722
20.456
13.119
11.633
7.124
0.566
1.095
6.088
8.725
6.178

Liquid Medium

Sound Velocity

( at 20 C )
Acetone
Aniline
Benzene
Bromine
Chloroform
Ethanol
Ether
Glycerin
Heptane
Hexane
Mercury

]
1,190
1,660
1,298
135
1,000
1,170
985
1,923
1,138
1,203
1,421

Density

[
3,900
5,440
4,260
443
3,280
3,840
3,230
6,310
3,730
3,950
4,660

Acoustic Impedance
]

0.79
1.02
0.87
3.12
1.49
0.79
0.71
1.26
0.68
0.66
13.55

49.3
63.7
54.3
194.7
93.0
49.3
44.3
78.6
42.4
41.2
845.8

x 106 [
0.941
1.697
1.138
0.421
1.489
0.923
0.702
2.425
0.778
0.778
19.249

]
0.192
0.347
0.231
0.086
0.305
0.189
0.143
0.496
0.158
0.163
3.941

Liquid Medium
( at 20 C )

Sound Velocity
]

Methyl Alcohol
Motor Oil ( SAE-30 )
Nitrobenzene
Nitrogen-Dioxide
Octane
Phenol
Pyridine
Kerosene
Sea Water
Toluol
Water
Xylol

1,123
1,420
1,470
326
1,192
1,274
1,415
1,320
1,530
1,308
1,483
1,357

Gases

Sound Velocity

( at 20 C )
Acetylene
Ammonia
Air
Argon
Carbon-Dioxide
Carbon-Monoxide
Chlorine
Fluorine
Helium
Neon
Hydrogen
Krypton
Nitrogen
Nitric-Oxide
Oxygen
Sulfur-Dioxide
Sulfur-Hydrogen
Xenon

]
330
415
344
308
258
337
206
102
971
460
1,286
225
334
257
315
212
290
170

Density

3,680
4,660
4,820
1,070
3,910
4,180
4,640
4,330
5,020
4,290
4,860
4,450

]
0.79
0.86
1.21
1.45
0.70
1.07
0.98
0.81
1.03
0.87
0.99
0.88

49.3
53.7
75.5
90.5
43.7
66.8
61.2
50.6
64.3
54.3
61.2
54.9

Density

[
1,083
1,362
1,129
1,010
846
1,100
676
335
3,185
1,510
4,220
738
1,095
843
1,033
695
951
558

Acoustic Impedance

0.889
1.221
1.779
0.473
0.837
1.363
1.389
1.068
1.576
1.134
1.480
1.194

]
0.181
0.250
0.364
0.097
0.171
0.279
0.284
0.219
0.323
0.233
0.297
0.244

Acoustic Impedance
]

1.09
0.73
1.20
1.78
1.97
1.25
3.21
1.70
0.18
0.90
0.09
3.74
1.25
1.34
1.43
2.55
1.36
5.89

x 106 [

0.068
0.045
0.075
0.111
0.123
0.078
0.200
0.106
0.011
0.056
0.0056
0.233
0.078
0.084
0.089
0.159
0.085
0.367

[
359.70
302.95
412.80
548.24
508.26
421.25
661.26
173.40
174.78
414.00
115.74
841.50
417.50
334.38
450.45
540.60
394.40
1,001.30

]
73.64
61.29
84.67
112.11
104.06
85.80
135.2
35.51
35.04
84.56
23.63
171.95
85.41
70.81
91.94
110.51
80.83
204.79