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US 2006/0150718 A1Published application
Device for determining the wetting of a wall by a liquid
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsPhilippe Ducret, Quentin Jogand
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Abstract
Ultrasonic waves passing through guides (5, 6) are emitted towards a target (2) immersed in a liquid in order to infer the wetting of this target from certain features of the received signal. The invention is notably applied to the study of liquid heavy metals.
Claims17
A device for determining the wetting of a wall by a liquid, characterized in that it comprises:
- a capacity (4) for the liquid;
- a control object (2) of the wall placed in the capacity;
- an emitter and a receiver (15, 16) of ultrasonic waves, and two waveguides (5, 6) passing through the capacity, located in extension, the emitter and receiver being respectively mounted on ends of the waveguides extending out of the capacity, and the object (2) being placed between the waveguides;
- the object (2) having a thickness selected for favouring the passing of waves from the emitter.
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A device for determining the wetting of a wall by a liquid, characterized in that it comprises:
- a capacity (4) to the liquid;
- a control object (2) of the wall placed in the capacity;
- an emitter and a receiver of ultrasonic waves;
- and two waveguides passing through the capacity, located side-by-side, the emitter and the receiver being respectively mounted on ends of the waveguides extending out of the capacity, and the object (2) being placed in front of the waveguides, the object having a front surface selected for favouring reflections of the waves between the waveguides.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.