Biased lead zirconate titanate as a high-power transduction material

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2248-2251

  Moffett, Mark B ^a,d   Jevnager, Michael D ^b   Gilardi, Stephen S ^c   Powers, James M ^b  

^a GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c Interface Engineering   (United States)

^d NUWC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0032966736     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.426830     Document Type: Article

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