Air-coupled and high-frequency ultrasonic spectroscopy is used to study ultrasound transmission through track membranes (TMs). Observed behavior, anomalous compared to that observed for other membranes, suggests independent ultrasound propagation through the pores. This is proved experimentally by studying frequency dependence of some acoustical parameters and by closing the pore aperture at the TM surface. This changes boundary conditions so that such wave is inhibited. Ultrasound propagation in such small pores opens up a new way to investigate gas behavior under rarefied conditions and provides a new technique to characterize TMs.

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