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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 10246-7

NORME EUROPEENNE
EUROPAISCHE NORM O.iober 2005

ICS 23.040.10: 77.040.20 Supersedes EN 10246-7:1996

Eng sh Version

Non-destructive testing of steel tubes - Part 7: Auiomatic full

peripheral ultrasonic testing of seamless and welded (except
submerged arc welded) tubes for the detection of longitudinal
imperfections
Essais non destructfs des tubes en acier- Partie 7l
Contrd e aulonatiqle par lltrasons surtoute a
circo.rerence des tubes en aciersafs sordure et soudds
{sauia larclmmerge sousflux en poudre)pour a d6tection
des imperfect ons longlludinales
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ZeBtdrungsfreie Pdjtung von Slahlrohren' 7l
A!tonallsche Ullraschallprijtung nahtloser !nd
seschweiRter (aussenommen unlelpul!ergeschweiBter)
Stahl@hreiiberden gesamien RohtumrangzumNachwes
von La.gsreh em

Ths European Standad was approved by CEN on 2€ Alglsl2005.

CEN members are bound to comply with (ne CEN/CENELEC fiena Reguai:onswhchstipulaietheconditonsJorglvinglhisE!rcp€an
Standard the status of a falionalstandard without ant a leEtion. Up-to date lisls and bibliographical.€lerences conceming sLch natiofal
siandads may be obrained on applcaton lo tlre cenl€l Sec.elar at orto any CEN member.

This Eu.opean Standad exisis in three ofcialversions (E.glish, Frcnch, German). A version in any other lanslage nade by lrans ation
underthe.esponsibility of a CEN member nto its own language and notified to lhe CentEl Sec.etar al has the same slalus as the offcial

cEN members are the natona sla.dards bodies olAlsfia, B€lqiLm cvprus Czech Repub ic, Dennark, Eslonia, Finla.d, F€nce
Germany, Greeca, Hungary,lce and, kelafd,ltaly, Laivia, Lithlan a, LuxemboLrg, Malta, Neth€rands, Noeay Poland, Portugal, S ovakia,
Siovenia Spaif, Swedef, Swilze.land afd Lh led Kngdom.

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Contents

4.2 'fypes of reference notch . .. .... ... '-- - - - 5

4.3 Dj;ensionsofreferencenotches..... ....... . ......... ....... .......6
5 Equipment calibration and checking........- .... .... .. .. ... ... . . ..... ... .... ..7

i,arisofEN10246andcorrespondingIsostandards-....... . .. .... - '' -- -- 9

Ann€x B 10
inormative)10
iesting of iu bes havin g an outside d ia m eteFto+hickness ratio less tban 5 . - 10

(normative)11
lvan uausem i-automatic ultrasonic testins of untested ends/s uspect areas.... .. ....-............. . ......-11
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Foreword
This ELiropean Siandard (EN 1A246-720A, has been prepared by Technical Commitiee ECISSIC 23 "Stee]
iubes and fiiilngs for steeLtubes', ihe secreiafiat ofwhich is held by UN.

This EuroDean Siandard shall be q ven the siatus of a nationalstandatd, eiiher by pLrblicailon ofan ideniicaltexl or
by endor;ement, at ihe latest by Ap l 2006, and conflictiig natjonal siandards shal be wilhdraM ai the latest bv
Apr 2006.

Thls European Slandard supeGedes EN 10246-7i1996.

Accordlng to the CEN/CENELEC lniernal Regllailons, the naiional standards organizaiions of the following
count es are bound io implemeni this European Standad: Austria, Belgiunr, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Esionia, Finland, France, Germany, Gleece, Hungary, lcelafd, Lreland, lialy, Laivia, Liihuanla, Luxembourg, [,4alta,
Neiherands, NoMay, Poland, Porlugal, Slovakia, Slovenja, Spain, Sweden, Switzedand 3nd uniied Kingdom
EN 10246"7:2005 (E)

1 Scope

This pad of EN 10246 specines ihe requiremenis for auionratic full peripheral ulirasonic shear wave (including
phased atray technlque) and Lamb wave testjfg of seamess and welded steel iubes, with ihe excepiion of
submerged arc-we d {SAW)tubes, forthe deieciion oflongii!dinal imperfections. This European Standard specifies
,cceptance levels and ca ibration procedures.
This pari of EN 10246 is applcable to ihe fspecion of iubes wiih af outside diameier > 10 mm, and with an
outside dlameter-io-ihlckness raio > 5.

For tubes wiih an outside diameter'ioihickness raiio < 5, one of ihe options specified n Annex B shall be lsed by
asreement belween p!rchaser and nranufacturer.
The European Slafdard EN 10246 'Non-desiruciive test ng of sieeliubes' comprises the parts shown in Annex A.

2 General requirements

2.1 The u irasonic nspectiof covered by this Pad ot EN 10246 is lsua y carried out on iubes afier conrpterion of
allihe pimary producton process operaijons.

The jnspeciion shall be carried olt by suiiably trained qualified and conrpeient personne approved by the

2.2 The tubes to be tesied shal be sufficienily siraghl to ensure the validity of the test. The suf€ces shall be
sufiicienily frce from foreign matier, which could interfere wiih the validiiy ofihe tesi.

3 Method of test

3.1 The tubes shal be tesied lsing an ulirasonic shear wave or Lanrb wave technque for the deiection of
predominantly ongitudinal imperfec{ions.

3.2 DLrrng iesUng, the tubes and the iransducer assenrby shall be moved relaiive io each oiher so that the
whoe ofthe iube lenglh is scanned.

It is recognised thal ihere rnay be a shori engih at both iube ends which cannot be tested. Any untested ends shall
be deat wiih in accordance wiih the requirements oilhe appropriate produci standards (see also Annex C).

The relative speed of movemeni du ng iesUng shall not vary by more than i 10%.

3.3 Duing testing, the iubes shall be scanned in two opposing ci.cur.fercntial dkections of beam travel, Lrnless
olherwise asreed beiween purchaser and manufaciure.

3.4 The ultrasonic lest frcquency to be applied shall be in the €nge of 1 l\.4H2 to 15 l,4Hz for shear wave
lechniq!e and in the range of 0 3 N4Hz io 1 l\,1H2 for Lamb waves, depending upon ihe ihickness and surface nnlsh
ofthe lube to be iested.

3.5 The maximLrm widih of each indjvidual transducer, nreasured parallelio the major axis ofthe iube, shal be
25.nm forshear weves and 35 mm ior Lamb waves.

For U1 and U2 caiegory t'rbes wlth an outslde dlameter equal io or less ihan 50mm, the width of any one shear
wave irafsducer is nomally resiricted io a nraximum of 12,5 mm (see also 4.3).

3.6 The equipmenl shall be capable of classlrying lubes as eiiher acceptable or suspect tubes by means of an
auionraiic i gge/alarm leveJ conrblned wlth a nra.king a nd/ or sori ng system.

3.7 Where manlal Lrltrasonic testing of !ntested tube ends and/or locai suspect arcas is rcquired, this shal be
caried orn ln accordan.e wiih Annex C
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4 Reference standards

4.'1 General

4.1.1 The refetence standards defned in thls Pad of EN 10246 ale convenieni for the calibrauon ol .on-
destruciive iesiino eqlipnreni. The dlrnensions of the reference notches sholld not be conskued as the mlnlmum
size of imperfection deieciable by such equipment

4.1.2 The uirasonc equipmeni shall be calibraied usjng a lonsitudinal reference noich on ihe outslde and
lnside srdaces of a rcference tube

However. ihe internal notch shall not be used when ihe iube internaldlanreier ls less ihan 20 mm, uness otheMise
agreed between purchaser and nranufacturer.

4.1.3 The reierence tube shall have ihe same specifjed diameler, thickness, suface flnish and heat treatment
condiilons as ihe iube to be tested, and shall have similar acousiic propedies (for example veoctv, attenuation

4.1.4 lf order to obtain cleady dlstinsulshable slsna indlcations, the noich(es) shall be suflcieniLv separated
irom ihe ends ofthe refetence tlbe and. when bolh notches ale used, fiom each oiher'

4.2 Types of reference notches

4-2.1 The reference noich ot notches shal e parallel to the major axis ofihe reference iube

The reference notch or noiches shallbe ofthe "N" iype excepiihat the "V" tvpe noich may be used atthe discleiion
ofthemanufaciurerwhenihespecfiednotchdepihisessthanorequalio0,5mrn(seersurel)lnthecaseoiihe
"N" type noich ihe sides sha be nominally paralleL and ihe botlom shall be nonrinallv squa.e io ihe sides

w L'v

a=b0'
a
ra

a) "V" iype notch (only io be used when d < 0 5 mm)

Key

w = widih

Figure 1 - Reference notch ioms

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4.2.2 The referefce noich shall be formed by machining, spaft erosioi or other meihods.

NOTE 11 s r€cognised ihaithe boilom orthe boitoh corners ofthe nolcb may be rounded

4.3 Dimensions of reference notches

4.3.1 width, w (see figure 1)

The width ofihe reference noich shal noibegreaterthanl,0mm.

4.3.2 Depth, d (see figure 1)

The depih ofthe reference notch shallbe as siven in tabe 1.

Table 1 leveldesign and corresponding reference notch depth

-Acceptance

Notch depth in % ofthe specified

thickness a

3
u2c 5
U3 10
125
U5 15
U6 20
a The vaues of noich depih specfied in ihis tabe are lhe same forihe coirespo.ding calegories, ir
al European Stardards concerning ron-desidclive teslfg oisteetiubes where eiere.ce ts made 10
different accepiance levels lt should, however, be kept in mind ihai aihoush rhe reference
slandards are ideftical, ihe va ous test meihods lnvoved €n give diiferent tesl rcsu is. Accordirgty
ihe a@eptance leveldeslgnatio. prenx U (utrasoilc) has been adopled to avoid a.y inieifed dnecl
eqlivalence wiih olheriesl meihods
b Aceptahce levelUl is noi applicable io as welded or hot stretch reduced we ded tubes
0 Forwelded llbes, acceplance evelU2 €n be used as an alie.native io or in combination wilh U3 by
aoreemenl behreen pu.chase. and hanuiacturer.

4.3.2.1 The minlmum noich deplh ls related to ihe type oftube used for a parilcular applicaiion and :s denoted
by a sub-category as givef in iable 2, unless otheruise agreed between purchaser and manufaciurer.

Table 2 lvlin:mum notch depih categories

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Sub-category Minimum notch depth in Typical tube condition

0,1 Cold{inished or machined

Bb 0,2 tubes
c 0,3 All other conditions
D 0,5
a The mi.im!m notch deplh thal can be used ls.elaled 10 specifictube man.iacturing methods where
the sudace iinish pays a domina.t role in lhe mi.imum noich depth thai can be adopted ior
Lltr.so.icequipme.tcallbralion .o.derioachleveanacceptablesignal/noise ralio
b Sub-calegories A and B do noiapplytoas welded orhot sherch reduced welded tubes
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4.3.2.2 The maximlm depth ofthe notch ior all acceptance levels aFd sub caiegories shal bel5mrn etceplioriubes
wllh a wall thickness greaier lhan 50 mm lor which i ca n be increased to 3 mm u.less otheryise aqreed

4.3.3 Tolerance on notch dePth

Theioleranceondepthslrallbel15%olr€fercncenotchdepthorro.05mm'whicheveristhelarger'withihe
exception thai when ihe noich depth is less ihan 0,2 mm, the lolerance on the depth shall be I 0 03 mm

4-3.4 Notch length

Theengthoftherelelencenotcho'notchesshallbetwcethewidihoftheilansducersbLrtnotmoreihanS0mm'
wlth the followinq excePtion:

U1 and U2 caiegory iubes with an outside d ameter ess ihan or eqiral io 50 mm and where ihe width of anv
- one iransd uce r ;xc;eds 12,5 nrm, the lengih of the reference noich or notches shall not exceed 12,5 mnr
(at
fulldepih).

4.4 Verification

The relerence noich dimensions and shape shall be ve.ined bv a suilable iechniq!e.

5 Equipment calibration and checking

5.1 The equipmeni, indepefdent ol ihe appled type ofwaves shall be calibrated io prod-lc€ cofsistentv (eg,
f.om ihree con;ecurive passes of ihe refereice iube rhrough the eqLripment), cteary ideniinabte sisnars from ihe
|efeencenotchesGee4'2).Thefu!amp]]iudeofthesesignassha|lbeLsediosetihetriggel/alamlevel(s)ofthe

Whereaslng]eirgger/aarrrrlevelis!sed'ihetransducersshajbeadjustedsothaithesignalsfromiheiniemal
ano externat reierence notches are eqLral, as far as possible, and the full signal amplitude of the lesser ofihe h/vo
sjgnaLs shall be used to set the tigger/alam level oi the equipmeni. Where separate t gger/alam levels are used
roi internal ana efternal relerence notches, the fll sisra anrpiiude ftom each noich shall be used io set the
reLe'/ari tiggeda am evel of the equipnreni. The positjon and width oi ihe gaies shal be adjusied in such a wav
ihatihe enilre wa ihickness oithe tube is exami.ed

S.2Duringcallbratiofcheck,thereaiivespeedofnrovementbetweenthereferencetubeandthetransducer
assembty stia be rhe same as rhat to be used durins ihe producijon resr. semi-dynamic carjbraiion checktng may
beused,Whenrcquesled'ihemanufacturetshademonsiraleihaiihesemidynarniccalibratjoncheckgivesthe
same resuLts as the dynamlc cailbraiion check

5'3Th€ca]brai]ol:loftheeqliprnentshabecheckedatleguiarinierualsduringtheptoduciioniestingoftubeof
the same spectfied diameter, ihickness and grade, by passing ihe reference tLrbe ihrough rhe inspecrion

Thefrequencyofcheckingtheca]lbraiionsha]lbeateasievery4hours'buiasowhenevel.iheleisanequipment
operator change-over and aithe start and end ofihe produciion run

5.4Theequipmentshallberecalibraiedifanyoftheparameielswhchwereuseddlringiheinii]acaliblaion

5.5 li on checking dufing prodlciion iesting the calibraUon rcqLrircr.ents are noi saisned ev€n afier inc€asing
the iesi sensirivity bt 3 dito allow for sysrem drift, rhen a iLrbes iesred since ihe previous equipmeni check sha
be rctested afterthe equipment has been recalibGted

6 Acceptance

6.1 Any iu be producing sigf als lower tha n ihe t sq eta arm level shall be deemed io have passed th is iest

Any iube producing signals equal to or greater than ihe trgge/alarm level shaL be designated suspect
or' at
6.2
the manufacturers oDtionimav be rciesied as speclfed above
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6.3 lf upon retesUng no sgna ls obtained equal io or greaier than the trigge/alam level, the iube shail be
deemed to have passed this test.

Tubes giving signals equalto orgteaterthan ihe iigger/alamr levelsha be designaied suspect

6.4 For suspect tubes, ore or more oi lhe followlng aciions shall be iaken, subject io the reouiremenis of ihe

a) The suspeci area shalL be dressed or exploled bv a suitable method. Afier checking that the lemalnlng
ihickness is wiihin to erance ihe tube shall be tested as Prevlousv specined. lf no signals are obiained equal
io or grealer than ihe t.iggera arm Leve , ihe iube shall be deemed to have passed this iest' The suspect area
may b; rctested by othe;;on desiruciive techn ques and lesi melhods, bv asreement behveen purchaset and
manufacturer to agreed accepiance evels.

b) The sLrspect area sha be cropped otr. The manLrfaciurer shalensure thai all ihe suspect area has been

c) The tube shall be deemed not 10 have passed thls test

7 Test reporting
Wh en speclfled ihe man Lrfacturer sha ll provide ihe p Lr rch aser a tesi report wlth, at least, the following informaiion:

a) refercnce io this pari of EN 10246;

b) date ol test report

c) acceptance leveli

d) siatemenl of confomiiyi

e) product deslgnaijon by grade and slzei

f) type and details of nspection iechniqLre;

g) descdption ofihe reference iubel

h) operaioridentjlcation.
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Annex A
(informative)
Parts of EN 10246 and corresponding ISO standards

of Darts of EN 10246 - Non-desiructive iestinq ofsteeltub

tso
Tirle ot pari

Auton'railc eleclromagnetic iesiing oJ seamless and welded (excepi

submersed arc-weded) ferromagneiic steel tubes for veriicaiion of 9302
hydraullc leak-tishtness.
Leak Tightness
Alriomaiic eddy cuffeft tesling of seamless and weLded (except
submerged arc-welded) ausieniiic and ausieniticJerritjc steel iubes 2
forverfication of hydrau jc leak{ighiness
Automatic eddy current iesiing of seamless and welded (except 3 9304
submerced arc-welded)siee lubes for ihe detection ofimperfeciions
Automailc full pe pheral magneiic transduce/flux eakage iesting of
seamless ferromagnetic sieel iubes for ihe deiection of transveFe 9598

Auiomaiic full peiphelal magneiic i€nsducermux eakage testing of

seamless and welded (except slbmetged arc welded) ferromagneijc 5 9442
steeltubes forthe detection oflonsilud nal inrperfect ons.

Longitudina Aliomatic fu periphetal ulirasonic iesiing of seamless siee i!bes for 6 9305
the deteciion of tlansverce imperiedions.
Aulomatic ful pe pheral uLirasoric lesiing of seamless and weded
(except submerged are weded) steel tLrbes for the deiection of 7 9303
longiiudinal imperfections.
Automatic ulirasonic iesiing of ihe weld seam of electic welded steel 8 9764
tubes for the deieciion of longit!dinal inrperfections
Auiomatic ulaasonic testing of ihe weld seam of submerced arc
welded sieel tubes for ihe deiection oi ongitudinal and/or tEnsverse I
RadiogGphic iesiing ofthe weld seam ofaLrtomaijc fusion atc welded 10 12096
sieeltubes for the detection ofimpedections.
Ljquid penetrant tesiing of seam ess and welded stee tubes for the 11 12095
Surface deiect on of sudace imPedeciions
Magneiic padicle inspeciion of seamless and welded ferlomagnelc 12 13665
stee lubes forihe deiection ofsudace lmpedeciions.
Auiomatic full peripheral uli.asonic thickness iesiing of seamless and 13 1A543
welded (except submetsed arc'welded ) steel tubes.
Auiomaic ulilasonic lestjng of seamless and welded (except
'10124
sLrbmerged arc-$/elCed) sieel lubes for the detecUon of lamlnat 14

Automatic ultrasonjc testing of skip/plaie used ii ihe manufacture of 15 12494

welded sieeliubes for the deiection of laminar lmpedeciions
Altomaiic ult€sonic iestino oithe areas adiacent io ihe weld seam oi 16 13663
welded sieeltubes ior the detection of laminar mpedeciions.
U t€sonic iesiirq of tube ends of seamless and welded sieel ilbes 17 11496
for re deleclion of.aainar _1pe{ecliors
[,4agneljc padice inspeci]on oflhe tube ends of seamless and welded
18 13664
leromagneticsleellubes fotihedeteciion of laminarlmPerfections.

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Annex B
(normative)

Testing of tubes having an outside diameter-to-thickness ratio less than 5

8.1 When ihe ratio ofihe oliside d ameierto the ihickness ofihe iube is less ihan 5, eiher clause B 2 or cause
B3 sha be applied by agreemeni between purchaser and manlfaciurer.

lndeoendent ol the appljed Epe of waves, intema and elierna noich sha I be vedlied

NOTE Teslng oi iubes wth rato val.es < 3 is not cov€red by this EuroFea. Standard. Test lechniqles ior slch spec a
cases may be subjeci ofageement behleen pLrchaser and manufaclurer.

8.2 When ihe ratio ofihe outside diameler io the ihickness ofthe tube is ess than 5 but greaier ihan or equalio
4, ihe inierfa notch depth shall be increased in relaiiof io the externa notch depih as gjven ln iable 8.1

Table B1 Ratios
-
T!b.-A oLiside diameter liteme reference rotch deoth
External reierence notch depth

e 5,00) (1)

< 5,00 > 4,75 1,6

<4,75 >4 50 '1,9

< 4,50 >425 2,2

< 4,25 > 4,00 2,5

8.3 When the ratio oiihe oulside diar.eterto ihe thickness oithe ilrbe ls less than 5 but greater than or equalio
3, a modeircnsfomed @mpression wave adapiaiion of shea. wave tesiing sha beused,asshowninfig!rc8.1.
ln thls case the Gtio of intenal to e{ema notch depth shal be by agrcement betweer pLrrchaset ind
rnanufaci!rer. but in no circumsiances be less than 1,0 or sreater lhan the rclevant latlos given in iab e 8.1.

Kev

TR Transceiver ordouble tGnsducer probe

L Conrpression wave
S S'ea-rvr,e
Figure B1 lmmersion tesiing using compression wave to transverse wave conversion mode
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Annex C
(normative)

Manual/semi-automatic ultrasonic testing of untested ends/suspect areas

C.1 Uniested tube ends

When specified by the re evani product standard, iube end zones which cannot be iesled by the aulomatic
ultlasonic equipmeni sha be subjected to a manual/semi-alriomaiic ulirasonic iest alound iheiLrllperphery of
ihe ilrbe, from ihe ultimate tube ends and over the lengih of ihe or ginal uniested zone p Lrs 10 %

The manual/semi-automatic utrasonic test shal be carrled ouiso thaithe whole sudace ofihe uniested end is
scanned v?iih a '10 % overlap of adjacent scanning paths, with reference io the u lrasonlc t€nsducer width
used, measured in ihe dircct on paralelio ihe major axis ofthe tLrbe.

The manuaL/semiautomatic ulirasonic iest shall be caded oui Lrsing ihe ultrasonic sheat wave lechnique or
Lamb wave techniqLre, tesi senslijvily (reference noich depth) and general test paramete.s as used d!ring the
origlnal auiomalic iest on ihe nraln iube lensih, wiih the restricions given in C.3.

C.2 Local suspect areas

Where appropiate, localareas on ihe iube deemed suspect by the aLrionralc uLtrasonic equipment shall be
sublecied to a test by mafua ulilasonic shear wave technique ot Lamb wave techniq!e, iest sensltjvity
keference notch depih) and genera iesi parameiers, as used during ihe odgjnal aLrtomauc test, wlth ihe
restriciions g ven ln C.3, so ihat the whole of lhe ocal suspeci area is scanned.

C.3 lvlanual ultrasonic test restricfions

The foJLowing resirlctions appy io the app cation oia manual Lr irasof ic test io uniesied end zones and/or
localsuspect areas.

a) Beam angle in steel used for maflal ulirasonic testjng wiih shear waves shall be nomina y the same as thai
used d!dng the orlgina aulornaiic iest.

b) Scannins shall be carried out in both circumiereniial directions of ulirasonic beam tlave

c) Scanfing speed over the ilbe sl,]rJace sha not exceed 150 mm/s

d) ulirasonic iGnsdLrcer type to be used duing manual Lrltrasonic iesiing wlth sheat waves shall be of the
contact, qap-scan or lmmercion type. tr/eans shal be provided to ensure that the probe s hed at the coffect
dlsiance in relation to the tube sufface e.g. for contact iype transducels, ihe "wearface ai the front face ofthe
probe sha be ftied io the tadius ofcurvature oflhe tube underiest.

e) Wldth of the transducer, measured palalel tothe major axs oiiieiube, used in ihe maiiuai ulirasonlc iesi
shall not exceed thai Lrsed durinq th-' orisjna automaUc test.

fl Nominal ultrasonic tesi frequency ofthe lransdlcer used in manualtest ng shall noi vary irom that used durlfg
ihe origilral suiomatic iesi by more than r 1 l\,4Hz Where Lanrb waves have been Lsed in the original
altomaiic iest, the iiequency oi shear wave 1€nsducers, if used fot manual tesi ng, shal be in the range of 4
MHzio 5l\,4H2.

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