Piezoelectricity: Volume Two (eBook)

American physicist and electrical engineer Walter Guyton Cady (1874–1974) was on the faculty of Wesleyan University from 1902–46. He was among the pioneering scientists who studied the phenomenon of piezoelectricity. Derived from the Greek term for "to press," piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in some solid materials in response to applied mechanical stress. The piezoelectric effect has innumerable real-world applications in science, engineering, and everyday life.

Tables in Volume II Symbols and Abbreviations XVI. Properties and Technique of Quartz XVII. The Quartz Resonator XVIII. Resonators from Other Crystals, and Composite Resonators XIX. The Piezo Oscillator XX. Rochelle Salt: History, General Properties, and Technique XXI. Rochelle Salt: Piezoelectric Observations XXII. Rochelle Salt: Dielectric Observations XXIII. Theory of Rochelle Salt, Part I. Interaction Theory and Dielectric Properties XXIV. Theory of Rochelle Salt: Part II. Piezoelectric and Elastic Properties, Curie-Weiss Laws, and Conclusions XXV. The Domain Structure of Rochelle Salt XXVI. Internal-field Theory of Ferroelectric Crystals XXVII. Other Ferroelectric Crystals XXVIII. Miscellaneous Applications of Piezoelectricity XXIX. Pyroelectricity XXX. Piezo-optic Electro-optic, and Other Optical Effects XXXI. Piezoelectricity in the Light of Atomic Theory Appendix 1. Ferromagnetism Appendix II. Recent Progress Problems General Bibniography Author Index Subject Index