I was curious about the purpose of ultrasound gel. It's really interesting so I built this wave machine to explain how it affects sound.

Video produced in cooperation with Merck (   / merckgroup  . Merck is known as Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the United States.

Here's the link to Ode To The Future: https://curiosity.merckgroup.com/ode-...

Animations by Dom Burgess. His brilliant channel, Every Think, is here:

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CORRECTION: when I calculate the efficiency of the ultrasound scanner without gel I come to a figure 1/10000%. But that would only be if there was a full on air gap. When pressed against the skin the situation is much less dire. The gel ensures a better acoustic coupling by preventing air gaps etc. Thanks to a couple of comments for pointing that out.

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