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Piezoelectric Ceramics: Principles and Applications Apc International Ltd.

APC International, Ltd.'s textbook on the principles and applications of piezoelectric ceramics covers:

• general principles of piezoelectricity and behavior of piezoelectric ceramic elements
• fundamental mathematics of piezoelectricity
• traditional and experimental applications for piezoelectric materials, and related physical principles for each application: audible sound producers, flow meters, fluid level sensors, motors, pumps, delay lines, transformers, other apparatus
• introduction to single crystals, composites, and other latest-generation piezoelectric materials

Contents
Introduction

• piezoelectricity / piezoelectric constants
• behavior / stability of piezoelectric ceramic elements
• new materials: relaxors / single crystals / others
• characteristics of piezoelectric materials from APC International, Ltd.

Generators

• generators
• solid state batteries

Sensors

• axial sensors
• flexional sensors
• special designs and applications: composites / SAW sensors / others

Actuators

• axial and transverse actuators: simple / compound (stack) / multilayer
• flexional actuators / flextensional devices
• applications for piezoelectric actuators

Transducers

• audible sound transducers
• generating ultrasonic vibrations in liquids or solids
• transmitting ultrasonic signals in air or water
• flow meters / fluid level sensors / delay lines / transformers / composites

Miscellaneous

• securing a piezoelectric ceramic element
• attaching electrical leads
• testing performance

Note: This is a 2nd edition to APC's textbook published in 2002. Updates in the 2nd edition reflect changes to APC's product lines and corrections outlined on the errata sheet distributed with the 2002 edition.