Absorption and Dispersion of Ultrasonic Waves

Content: 
Pure and Applied Physics: A Series of Monographs and Textbooks
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages v-vi
KARL F. HERZFELD, THEODORE A. LITOVITZ

Notation
Pages xi-xviii

Introduction
Pages 1-22

I - The Stokes-Navier Equations of Hydrodynamics
Pages 25-48

II - General Considerations on Relaxation
Pages 49-170

III - Special Topics
Pages 171-181

IV - Application of the General Formulas to Gases
Pages 185-216

V - Experimental Methods to Determine Velocity and Absorption of Ultrasonic Waves in Gases
Pages 217-230

VI - Experimental Results in Molecules Without Electronic Excitation
Pages 231-259

VII - Theory of Vibrational and Rotational Energy Exchange
Pages 260-350

VIII - General Review of Ultrasonic Absorption and Dispersion in Liquids
Pages 353-364

IX - Experimental Methods to Determine Dispersion and Absorption of Ultrasonic Waves in Liquids
Pages 365-370

X - Review of Theories of Liquids
Pages 371-403

XI - Kneser Liquids
Pages 404-427

XII - Associated Liquids and Liquids with High Viscosity
Pages 428-516

Author Index
Pages 517-523

Subject Index
Pages 524-535