Physics A-Level
Reflection and transmission of ultrasound at boundaries
What Reflection and transmission of ultrasound at boundaries means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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When ultrasound meets a boundary between two media, part of the wave is reflected and part is transmitted, with the reflected fraction depending on the acoustic impedances of the two media.
Topics that use Reflection and transmission of ultrasound at boundaries
- Using ultrasound (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- A-scan
- Acoustic impedance
- Acoustic impedance mismatch
- Acoustic matching
- Angle dependence of Doppler shift
- B-scan
- Coupling gel
- Coupling gel in ultrasound scanning
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