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Random noise from within reveals internal structure. (Materials Science/R&D).

Advanced Materials & Processes, January, 2002

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Ultrasonic measurements made without the benefit of a source have been detected by scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana. The researchers detected the tiny vibrations caused by thermal energy within a block of aluminum at room temperature. "The sound we were listening to was created by arbitrary thermal fluctuations generated elsewhere in the sample, such as an electron hitting a lattice imperfection or an air molecule striking the surface," says Prof.

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Manufacturing Industry

Random noise from within reveals internal structure. (Materials Science/R&D).

Advanced Materials & Processes, January, 2002

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