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Accession Number:
ADD002905
Title:
Fluid for Filling Sonar Transducers.
Descriptive Note:
Patent,
Corporate Author:
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C
Report Date:
1976-06-01
Pagination or Media Count:
7.0
Abstract:
The patent relates to a transducer of acoustic energy through seawater which couples its active element to an acoustic window using polyalkylene glycol. The particular polyalkylene glycol selected exhibits improved acoustic, chemical, physical, and environmental properties. Two satisfactory liquids marketed under the trade designations UCON Transducer Fluid 28 and UCON Lubricant LB-135 have satisfactory properties for being the coupling medium.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE