PIRA 5E60.00 PIEZOELECTRICITY

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
5E60.00Piezoelectricity
5E60.05piezoelectric model30-6.4A ball and spring model of the piezoelectric effect.
5E60.10quartz crystal scrapedPIRA 500
5E60.12Rochelle salt demos30-6.3Ferroelectricity, hysteresis, Curie-point, and the direct piezoelectric effect are demonstrated with a Rochelle salt. Diagrams, Construction and Preparation details in appendix, p.1322.
5E60.13piezoelectric effect - Rochelle saltE-186A Rochelle salt is hooked to a neon lamp or electrostatic voltmeter.
5E60.15piezoelectric sheets30-6.8Make sheets of polycrystalline Rochelle salt that show piezoelectric effects.
5E60.16PZT sourcesAJP 29(7),ivTwo sources for ceramic lead-zirconate-titnante (PZT), 1961.
5E60.20piezoelectric sparkerPIRA 500
5E60.20piezoelectric sparkerDisc 16-26Attach the commercial piezoelectric sparker to Braun electroscope.
5E60.21piezoelectric gas lighter modifiedAJP 45(2),218Mount a sphere on the end of a piezoelectric gas lighter.
5E60.25piezoelectric gunPIRA 1000
5E60.25piezoelectric gun5E60.25A piezoelectric gun is used to discharge a set of charged nylon strings.
5E60.25piezoelectric pistolEa-9One end of a piezoelectric crystal is attached to a needle point in the pistol.
5E60.30stress vs. voltagePIRA 1000
5E60.30stress vs. voltage30-6.1Measure the voltage of a Swignette salt crystal under various stresses produced by a mass on a lever arm.
5E60.40piezoelectric speakerPIRA 1000
5E60.40piezoelectric speaker30-6.2Excite a Seignette salt crystal with an audio voltage and couple it to a sounding board.
5E60.41converse piezoelectric effectE-187Connect an audio oscillator to a large Rochelle salt crystal and the sound can be distinctly heard.
5E60.42piezoelectric speaker30-6.9Apply an audio oscillator to a Rochelle salt and amplify with a wood sounding board.
5E60.45resonating capacitor30-6.7A HYK capacitor (containing BaTiO3) resonates mechanically at a number of frequencies in the audio range.
5E60.47piezoelectric oscillatorE-188Four Rochelle salt crystals are mounted at the center of a long square cross section steel bar and driven by a circuit. Circuit diagrams.
5E60.60hysteresis in barium titanate30-6.5A circuit for showing hysteresis in ferroelectric crystals on the oscilloscope.

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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