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Table 3 Summary of the materials and applications by PA technologies for NDT/E

From: Recent developments in photoacoustic imaging and sensing for nondestructive testing and evaluation

Material

Application; detection

Technologya

Ref.

Metal

General cracks and defects

1; 2.1; 2.3

[10, 17,18,19,20, 22, 30,31,32]

 

Railway cracks and defects

2.1; 2.2

[23, 38, 39]

 

Steel rebar corrosion monitoring

3

[49, 50]

 

Li metal battery

2.3

[11, 45]

 

Optical reflection coefficient; heavy metal contaminants

1

[24, 25]

Composite

Defects

2.1

[29]

 

Porosity

2.1

[27, 33]

 

Young’s modulus

2.1

[36]

 

Damage

2.3

[9, 43, 44]

Silicon

Defects

1; 3

[16, 48]

 

Damage

2.1

[32, 37]

Others

Coatings

2.1

[15]

 

Elastic properties and complex refractive index

2.1

[31]

 

Underdrawings in paintings

2.3

[40]

 

Precision acoustic field measurement

3

[51]

  1. aSee “PA technology for NDT/E” in Table 1