Sensors (Nov 2016)

Ultrasonic Al2O3 Ceramic Thermometry in High-Temperature Oxidation Environment

  • Yanlong Wei,
  • Yubin Gao,
  • Zhaoqian Xiao,
  • Gao Wang,
  • Miao Tian,
  • Haijian Liang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s16111905
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 11
p. 1905

Abstract

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In this study, an ultrasonic temperature measurement system was designed with Al2O3 high-temperature ceramic as an acoustic waveguide sensor and preliminarily tested in a high-temperature oxidation environment. The test results indicated that the system can indeed work stably in high-temperature environments. The relationship between the temperature and delay time of 26 °C–1600 °C ceramic materials was also determined in order to fully elucidate the high-temperature oxidation of the proposed waveguide sensor and to lay a foundation for the further application of this system in temperatures as high as 2000 °C.

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