Rayl

For other uses, see Rayl (disambiguation).

A rayl[1][2][3][4] (symbol Rayl[5][6]) is one of two units of specific acoustic impedance and characteristic acoustic impedance; one an MKS unit, and the other a CGS unit. These have the same dimensions as momentum per volume.

The units are named after John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh.[7] They are not to be confused with the unit of photon flux, the rayleigh.

  1. ^ Morfey 2000, pp. 308, 341
  2. ^ Kinsler & Frey 1962, p. 122
  3. ^ Beranek 1986, p. 11
  4. ^ Ainslie 2010, p. 662
  5. ^ Angelsen 2000, p. 2.8
  6. ^ Cobbold 2007, pp. 41–42
  7. ^ Kinsler et al. 2000, p. 126