Lead-free piezoelectric ceramic transducer in the donor-doped K 1/2Na1/2NbO3 solid solution system

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 214-224

  Hagh, Nader Marandian ^b   Jadidian, Bahram ^c   Ashbahian, Eric ^b   Safari, Ahmad ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c J and W Medical LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PEROVSKITE; POLARIZATION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EMBEDDED THERAPEUTICS; GRAIN GROWTH INHIBITOR; SOLID SOLUTION SYSTEMS;

PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS;

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TRANSDUCER;

CERAMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LEAD; MATERIALS TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTIONS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 41649114888     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.630     Document Type: Article

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