Ultrasonic Couplant Comparison
General Purpose Couplants |
Extended and Extreme Temperature Series |
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| Product | Ultragel II | Sonotrace Gr 30 | Echogel Gr 20 | Soundsafe | UT-X Powder | Sono 600 | Sono 1100 | Pyrogel Gr 100 |
| Temperature Range a | -10 to 210 °F -23 to 99 °C |
25 to 175 °F -4 to 79 °C |
27 to 140 °F -3 to 60 °C |
0 to 200 °F -18 to 93 °C |
32 to 120 °F 0 to 49 °C |
0 to 700 °F -18 to 371 °C |
700 to 775 °F 371 to 413 °C |
-5 to 805 °F -45 to 429 °C |
| Corrosion Inhibition b | 90 | 80 | 65 | 75 | 10 | 100 | N/A | 100 |
| Relative Viscosity c | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 to 7 | 6 | N/A | 10 |
| Actual Viscosity (Brookfield) | ∼80,000 cps (Helipath Spindle E @ 1.5 rpm) | ∼65,000 cps (Helipath Spindle E @ 1.5 rpm) | ∼75,000 cps (LV #4 @ 6 rpm) | ∼80,000 cps (Helipath Spindle E @ 1.5 rpm) | Variable by altering water amount | ∼500,000 cps (LV #5 @ 1.5 rpm) | N/A | >4,000,000 cps (LV #5 @ 0.3 rpm) |
| Long Velocity (x105 cm/sec) | 1.62 | 1.52 | 1.55 | 1.64 | 1.51 | 1.50 | N/A | 1.20 |
| Impedance (Mrayls) | 1.80 | 1.55 | 1.60 | 1.72 | 1.53 | 1.37 | N/A | 1.35 |
| Acoustic Performance d | 85 | 55 | 50 | 80 | 40 | 70 | N/A | 55 |
| Typical Max Halogense | <50 ppm | <50 ppm | <50 ppm | <50 ppm | <50 ppm | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Typical Max Sulfure | <50 ppm | <50 ppm | <50 ppm | <50 ppm | <50 ppm | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Water Solubilityf | 90 | 90 | 80 | 90 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 10 |
| ASTM F519 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| ASTM F945-PWA 36604 | ✔ | |||||||
| PWA 36700 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| BAC 5968 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| BAC 5980 | ✔ | |||||||
| BAC 5439-PSD 622 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
a For thickness gaging (lower maximum for flaw inspection)
b Duration of ferrous corrosion inhibition (mild steel & cast iron): 100 = long term protection, 80 = 60 days-steel, 14 days - iron, 60 = 30 days - steel, 7 days - iron, 40 = 7 days - steel, 2 to 8 hours - iron, 20 = 8 hours-steel, 0 to 2 hours - iron, 0 = no inhibition, like plain water.
c 10 = thick paste, 5 = slow flowing gel, 0 = water
d For thickness gaging (lower maximum for flaw inspection)
e Typical values only, request current C of A for actual values
f 100 = easiest to remove with appropriate solvent, 0 = difficult to remove even with solvent and scrubbing
N/A = Not Available, Information in green indicates best estimates.
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