Table 7.1.

Constants of Some Piezo-electric Materials'

Lead zirconate titanate Barium Lead Lithium Lithium PYDF Quartz

titanate meta- sulfate niobate
Sonox Sonox Sonox niobate
P2 b P5 b PI b K-81 c

Density (! g/cm3 7.8 7.7 5.3 6.2 2.06 4.64 1.3 ... 1.8 2.65
Sound velocity c m/s 4200 3800 5200 3300 5460 7320 1500 ... 2600 5740
Acoustic impedance Z 106 kg/(m 2s) 32.8 29.3 27.6 20.5 11.2 34 2.1...4.7 15.2
Piezo-electric modulus for 10- 12 m/Y 125 340 125 85 15 6 25 2.3
thickness oscillations d33
Piezo-electric pressure 1O- 3 Ym/N 30 24 14 32 156 23 230 57 ;-.l
constant g33 .....
Piezo-electric deformation 109 Y/m 1.5 1.9 8.2 6.7 4.9 ~
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constant h33 N
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Electromechanical coupling 0.35 0.47 0.33 0.38 0.38 0.47 0.1...0.14 0.1 (0

factor for thickness

oscillations k t
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Coupling factor for radial -0.46 -0.57 -0.25 0.07 0 0 0.1 ~
oscillations kp
Mechanical quality Q 400 90 350 15 >1000 <15 >10 4
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Dielectric constant Br 480 1600 960 300 10.3 30 11.5 4.5 ;;;
Curie temperature Tc °C 345 340 120 >400 130 1210 165 ... 180d 576 II'
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c K-81 is a materials name of the Keramos Corporation '"C
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