Text: Occasionally a situation may be encountered where a material of low acoustic impedance (density x velocity) is bonded to a material of higher acoustic impedance, such as plastic or rubber bonded to metal. If this occurs, the polarity of the echo signal returned from the interface between the low impedance coating and the high impedance substrate material will have a polarity that is reversed from the signal normally obtained when the sound pulse reflects from an air interface.

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