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Sound absorption characteristics of polymer microparticles
Author(s) -
Zhou Hong,
Li Bo,
Huang Guangsu
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.23911
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , composite material , acoustic attenuation , attenuation , acoustic impedance , absorption (acoustics) , polyurethane , attenuation coefficient , sound energy , oscillation (cell signaling) , sound (geography) , acoustics , optics , chemistry , ultrasonic sensor , biochemistry , physics
Abstract A sound absorption material composed of polymer microparticles and polyurethane (PU) foam with certain geometry cavum has been developed. Its sound‐absorbing characteristic was investigated in the impedance tube, according to transfer function method. Measurements show that polymer microparticles have remarkable effect on the absorption performance of the composite material because of their microstructures and features. Several models established for acoustic properties have been adopted to fit the experimental data. The results show that these models fail to predict accurately the acoustic properties of the materials. The sound energy attenuation in polymer microparticles material may most likely consist of two parts, viscous attenuation of air inside the pores and the friction energy caused by the oscillation of polymer particles. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 101: 2673–2679, 2006