A 2400 year history of pyroelectricity: From ancient Greece to exploration of the solar system

British Ceramic Transactions

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-70

  Lang, S B ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ferroelectricity; History; Piezoelectricity; Pyroelectricity; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTATICS; FERROELECTRICITY; HISTORY; INFRARED IMAGING; MINERALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRYSTAL PHYSICS; GREECE; INFRARED DETECTION; PYROELECTRIC SENSORS; TOURMALINE;

PYROELECTRICITY;

EID: 2942532955     PISSN: 09679782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096797804225012765     Document Type: Article

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