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Questions & Answers - Thickness Gauging Level 1

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about thickness gauging level 1. The questions cover topics like which factors most affect measurement accuracy, how gauges determine thickness via echo time of flight, the maximum achievable accuracy for ultrasonic thickness gauging of steel, appropriate probe frequencies for different material thicknesses, the purpose of probes, when it's necessary to see an A-scan, the type of signal waveform used, and whether long cables can produce reading errors. After answering the questions, the user can view their results and navigate between quiz levels or pages.

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Questions & Answers - Thickness Gauging Level 1

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about thickness gauging level 1. The questions cover topics like which factors most affect measurement accuracy, how gauges determine thickness via echo time of flight, the maximum achievable accuracy for ultrasonic thickness gauging of steel, appropriate probe frequencies for different material thicknesses, the purpose of probes, when it's necessary to see an A-scan, the type of signal waveform used, and whether long cables can produce reading errors. After answering the questions, the user can view their results and navigate between quiz levels or pages.

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Questions & Answers - Thickness Gauging Level 1

by Rolf Diederichs *
Acknowledgement: Before we made this Q&A we read the articles from: Focus on Thickness Measurement in UTonline 10/97
So you may do this also before you start or after you have failed :-)

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1 Which of the following has the greatest effect on measurement accuracy?


a) Sound velocity
b) Probe frequency
c) Material attenuation
d) Couplant
2 How do gauges determine thickness?
a) Echo amplitude
b) Echo time of flight
c) Echo frequency
3 What accuracy is the maximum achievable by ultrasonic thickness gauging of steel?
a) 0,01 inch ~ 0,1 mm
b) 0,001 inch ~ 0,01 mm
c) 0,0001 inch ~ 0,001 mm
4 What probe frequency should be used to measure 1 mm steel (0.04 inch) ?
a) not less than 2 MHz
b) not less than 10 MHz
c) not less than 20 MHz
5 What probe frequency should be used to measure plastics of 100 mm (4 inch)?
a) not more than 0,1 MHz
b) not more than 1 MHz
6 For thickness gauging the probes must provide a
a) High amplitude
b) High frequency
c) High damping
7 Is it necessary or recommended to see an A-scan during the movement of the probe?
a) Yes - always
b) Only for corroded parts
c) Only for extremely thick parts
d) Only for extremely thin parts
8 What signal waveform is used for thickness gauging?
a) rectified signal
b) not rectified (RF both half waves)
c) only one-half wave
9 The pulse repetition frequency (PRF) is an important value of thickness gauges
a) only for scanning
b) only for high speed on-line measurement
c) not important
Can the use of long cables between probe and gauge produce a significant reading error
10
?
a) No
b) Yes - the zero offset changed
c) Yes - because of change of echo waveforms

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Rolf Diederichs 1. Oct 1997, [email protected]

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