
PROPERTIES
OF
MATERIALS
4-3
1
Coupling factor
k
is defined practically by
k2
=
(mechanical energy converted into electric
energy)/(mechanical energy put into the
crystal)
The converse effect is
also
true. The same type
of
rela-
tionship holds, and the coupling coefficient is numeri-
cally identical to what it was before, namely
k2
=
(electrical energy converted into mechanical
energy)/(electrical energy put into the crys-
tal)
d
is the measure
of
the deflection caused by
an
applied voltage
or
the amount
of
charge pro-
duced by
a
given force (units
=
meters per
volt or coulombs per newton)
tal by an applied stress unit:
g
denotes a field produced in a piezoelectric crys-
V/m
N/m2
Equations that relate
g,
d,
and
k
are:
g
=
d/e,Eo
and
k2
=
gdE
where
e,
=
relative permittivity
of
the dielectric,
eo
=
permittivity
of
free space
=
8.854
x
1@l2
F/m,
E
=
Young's modulus.
Constants of some piezoelectric materials are listed
in Table
17.
ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES
OF
SOME MATERIALS
Information regarding the acoustic properties of
some materials is contained in Tables 18 and 19.
TABLE 17. CONSTANTS
OF
SOME
PIEZOELECTRIC
MATERIALS*?
Lead
Meta-/
Lithium
Barium
Lead Zirconate-/
Titanate
Quartz
Sulfate Titanate
Physical Property
0"
X-cut
0"
Y-cut Type
B
PZT-4 PZT-5 Niobate Units
Density
p
Acoustic impedance
pc
Frequency thickness constant$
Maximum operating
Relative permittivity
Electromechanical coupling
factor for thickness mode
k33
Electromechanical coupling
factor for radial mode
kp
temperature
Elastic quality factor
Q
Piezoelectric modulus for
thickness mode
d33
Piezoelectric pressure
Volume resistivity at
25
"C
Curie temperature
Young's modulus
E
Rated dynamic tensile strength
constant
g33
2.65 2.06
15.2 11.2
2870 2730
550 75
4.5 10.3
0.1
0.35
-
0.1
106
-
2.3
16
58 175
>lo12
-
575
-
-
8.0
- -
5.6
24
2740
70-90
1700
0.48
0.33
400
149
14.0
>lo"
115
11.8
-
7.6
30.0
2000
250
1300
0.64
0.58
500
285
26.1
>
10'2
320
8.15
24
7.7
28.0
1800
290
1700
0.675
0.60
75
374
24.8
>
1013
365
6.75
27
5.8
lo3
kg/m3
16 lo6
kg/m2s
L400
kHzmm
500
"C
-
225
-
0.42
0.07
-
42.5
10"
(V/m)(N/m2)
-
109
550
"C
2.9
101oN/mz
-
MN/m2
*
From
J.
R. Frederick,
Ultrasonic Engineering
(New York:
John
Wiley
&
Sons, Inc.,
1965;
p.
66).
t
The properties of the ceramic materials can vary with slight changes in composition and processing, and hence the values that
are shown should not be taken as exact.