Sound velocities 10 Appendix
DMS Go+ Edition 4 (05/2014) 10-5
Gold 3240
Rubber (hard) 220 … 2540
Material m/s
Rubber (soft) 1460 … 2200
Cast iron (lamellar) 3800 … 4700
Cast iron (vemicular) 4700 … 5500
Cast iron (nodular) 5100 … 5700
Inconel 5700
Copper 4700 … 5000
Magnesium 5800
Brass (CuZn30) 4700
Brass (CuZn40) 4400
Monel 5300 … 6000
Nickel (hard) 5810
Nickel (soft) 5610
Material m/s
Platinum 3960
Plexiglas (PMMA) 2730
Polyamide (6.6 Nylon) 2600
Polyethylene (PE hard) 2530
Polyethylene (PE soft) 2000
Polypropylene (PP hard) 2600
Polypropylene (PP soft) 2000
Polystyrene (PS) 2350
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC hard) 2400
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC soft) 2200
Silver 3600
Silicon 8950
Silicon carbide 12180
Silicon nitride 10000 … 13000
Steel (austenitic) 5650 … 5850
Material m/s