• DocumentCode
    3221888
  • Title

    A high sensitivity mechanical loss spectrometer

  • Author

    Kant, Richard A. ; Carosella, Carmine

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    31 May-2 Jun 1995
  • Firstpage
    848
  • Lastpage
    851
  • Abstract
    NRL scientists have developed an instrument that has extreme sensitivity to energy dissipation in mechanical resonators. It has many potential applications, including detecting and identifying low levels of both chemical impurities and structural defects. While previous instruments measured loss in a resonator to one part in ten, the new instrument measures mechanical loss to one part in 104 or better. Thus, the new spectrometer can separate low level signals from background signals that are several orders of magnitude larger
  • Keywords
    chemical sensors; loss measurement; mechanical variables measurement; resonators; spectrometers; spectroscopy computing; chemical sensors; energy dissipation; loss measurement; low level signals; mechanical loss spectrometer; mechanical resonators; structural defects; Chemicals; Circuits; Detectors; Instruments; Loss measurement; Mechanical variables measurement; Signal resolution; Solids; Spectroscopy; Thermal conductivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frequency Control Symposium, 1995. 49th., Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-2500-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FREQ.1995.484095
  • Filename
    484095
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3221888