a Centro de Física da University do Porto (INIC), 4000, Porto, Portugal
b Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
Abstract:
A fully-automated system has been developed to measure changes in ultrasonic velocity and the attenuation coefficient resulting from changes in temperature and magnetic field. Accuracy and sensitivity comparable to the pulse-echo overlap technique have been achieved together with an increase in temperature resolution and sample throughput as a result of the automation. All components of the instrumentation are commercially available.