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  2. Piezoelectricity - Wikipedia

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    Piezoelectric materials also show the opposite effect, called the converse piezoelectric effect, where the application of an electrical field creates mechanical deformation in the crystal. Mathematical description

  3. Electrostriction - Wikipedia

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    The related piezoelectric effect occurs only in a particular class of dielectrics. Electrostriction applies to all crystal symmetries, while the piezoelectric effect only applies to the 20 piezoelectric point groups. Piezoelectricity is a result of electrostrictive in ferroelectric materials. [2]

  4. Piezoelectric coefficient - Wikipedia

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    The piezoelectric coefficient or piezoelectric modulus, usually written d 33, quantifies the volume change when a piezoelectric material is subject to an electric field, or the polarization on the application of stress.

  5. Crystal oscillator - Wikipedia

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    A crystal oscillator is an electronic oscillator circuit that uses a piezoelectric crystal as a frequency-selective element. [1] [2] [3] The oscillator frequency is often used to keep track of time, as in quartz wristwatches, to provide a stable clock signal for digital integrated circuits, and to stabilize frequencies for radio transmitters and receivers.

  6. Sources of electrical energy - Wikipedia

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    In addition, these piezoelectric sensors are able to convert pressure, force, vibration, or shock into electrical energy. Being capable only of measuring active events, they are also used in flow meters, accelerometers and level detectors, as well as motor vehicles, to sense changes in the transmission, fuel injection and coolant pressure. When ...

  7. Electron mobility - Wikipedia

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    Piezoelectric effect can occur only in compound semiconductor due to their polar nature. It is small in most semiconductors but may lead to local electric fields that cause scattering of carriers by deflecting them, this effect is important mainly at low temperatures where other scattering mechanisms are weak.

  8. What causes earthquakes? The science behind why seismic ... - AOL

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    What causes earthquakes? Earthquakes occur when the plates that make up the Earth's crust move around. These plates, called tectonic plates, can push against each other. ... and the effects will ...

  9. Piezo switch - Wikipedia

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    The piezoelectric effect is the generation of electric charge when certain materials are under stress. In the case of piezo switches, the force could be compressive pressure that causes the (typically disc-shaped) piezo element to bend very slightly like a drumhead. Thus piezo switches produce a single, brief "on" pulse. This pulse can vary ...