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FOLLOWING our work on the diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves in glasses described in an earlier communication1, we have now obtained similar patterns in crystalline media, thus enabling us to devise a new method for determining the elastic constants.
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BHAGAVANTAM, S., RAMACHANDRA RAO, B. Elastic Constants of Alum Determined by a New Ultrasonic Method. Nature 162, 818–819 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162818b0
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