Ultrasonic Essay

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Ultrasonic is the universally accepted technique to study the physico-chemical properties of the liquids, liquid mixtures, electrolytic solutions and polymeric solutions. Liquids, liquid-mixtures and solutions find wide applications in medical, pharmaceutical, chemical, lather, textile, nuclear and solvent, solution related industries. The study and understanding of the thermodynamic properties of liquid mixtures and solutions are more essential for their applications in these industries. The measurements of ultrasonic velocity in the combination of density and viscosity have been used to study the molecular interactions in liquid mixtures and solutions.
Proteins are the linear macromolecules consisting of one or more chains of amino acids residue and having very complex structure. There are nearly about 20 amino acids which are building blocks of living organisms. Due to complex nature of proteins, direct study is not easily possible. So by studying the nature of amino acids and peptides; we can gain a large amount of information regarding proteins. Ultrasonic study of amino acids in aqueous solution of electrolytes or non- electrolytes provides useful information related to behavior of media. (M. K. Praharaj et. Al. scholar library). Electric field of the ion affects the stability of proteins.
The variation of ultrasonic velocity with concentration shows that interaction between solute and solvent. Ultrasonic propagation parameter yields valuable information regarding the behavior of liquid system, because intermolecular and intra-molecular association, dipolar interactions, complex formation and related structure changes affect the compressibility of liquid which produces variation in ultrasonic velocity.(S.C Bhatt applied phy...

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...nique is nonhazardous to operator and material that is tested.
• It is very accurate method in determining the reflector position and estimating size and shape.
• It is sensitive to both surface and surface discontinuities.
• Minimum part preparation is required.
• It is cost effective technique.
• Frequencies associated with relaxation phenomena fall within the range of ultrasonic therefore can be easily focused.
In the ultrasonic testing, high frequency sound waves are sent into a material by transducer. The sound waves travel through the material with some attenuation and also reflected at interfaces. The reflected or transmitted wave signal is converted into an electrical signal by same transducer. The reflected or transmitted wave signal is analyzed to determine the presence, size, location of flaws, wavelength and discontinuities.
Structure of the dipeptide:

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