Elastic characterization of platinum/rhodium alloy at high temperature by combined laser heating and laser ultrasonic techniques

K Burgess; V Prakapenka; E Hellebrand; P V Zinin

doi:10.1016/j.ultras.2014.01.011

Elastic characterization of platinum/rhodium alloy at high temperature by combined laser heating and laser ultrasonic techniques

Ultrasonics. 2014 Apr;54(4):963-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ultras.2014.01.011. Epub 2014 Jan 22.

Authors

K Burgess¹, V Prakapenka², E Hellebrand³, P V Zinin⁴

Affiliations

¹ Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA.
² Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA.
⁴ Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA. Electronic address: zinin@soest.hawaii.edu.

PMID: 24485748
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2014.01.011

Abstract

We demonstrate an innovative pump-probe technique combined with laser heating to determine the velocity of a surface Rayleigh wave at high temperature. Laser ultrasonics in a point-source-point-receiver configuration was combined with laser heating to evaluate the elastic properties of micron size specimens. The measurements of the velocity of the surface Rayleigh wave (SRW) were conducted at 1070K.

Keywords: High temperature; Laser ultrasonics; Surface acoustic waves.