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Piezoelectric Crystals and Ceramics

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Ultrasonic Transducer Materials

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Piezoelectric crystals and ceramics are used as detectors and radiators of acoustic power from very low frequencies to above 109 Hz. The lower frequency range is now covered almost exclusively by the piezoelectric ceramics which date from the late 1940’s, and the upper frequency range is covered by new piezoelectric crystals discovered in the 1960’s. The very highest frequency range has been opened up by oriented deposited films of several of the new crystals.

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Berlincourt, D. (1971). Piezoelectric Crystals and Ceramics. In: Mattiat, O.E. (eds) Ultrasonic Transducer Materials. Ultrasonic Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0468-6_2

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