this is not how they are made naturally but how they are made for diagnostic uses: ultrasound waves are made by applying a current that is similar to the natural frequency of the piezoelectric quartz crystal, when this is applied to the crystal they produce ultrasonic waves! ADDED: As a point of detail, quartz is rarely if ever used now, replaced by much more sensitive, artificial, piezoelectric ceramics.
Piezoelectricity is the property of a material to generate movement from an electric current, and vice versa. A common piezoelectric material is quartz.
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Shirts are made out of different materials. One of the most common materials for shirts is cotton, but they may also be made out of silk, wool, or synthetic materials.
Piezoelectric materials typical experience a reduction in the remnant polarization. The effectively reduces the coupling between mechanical and electrical energy reducing the electro-mechanical coupling coefficient.
Piezoelectric materials have been integrated with silicon microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in both microsensor and microactuator applications. Some recent and emerging applications of piezoelectric MEMS are acoustic emission microsensors, vibration monitors, molecular recognition biosensors, precision positioners, micropumps, and linear stepper motors. - See more at: http://www.chacha.com/question/how-are-piezoelectric-materials-that-contain-silicon-used-in-science-and-industry#sthash.EpLIkFTw.dpuf
By using piezoelectric materials which converts pressure energy into electrical energy.
When piezoelectricity material is squeezed, it produces electricity. This is the esseantial idea about piezo materials.
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Piezoelectric materials create and release a charge whenever and however they are compressed, because it rearranges their crystalline structure. Similarly, they deform (decompress, or swell) when an electrical potential is applied to them, making them useful to convert electrical energy to mechanical energy, and vice versa.
Yes, all piezoelectric materials exhibit the reverse piezoelectric effect. A piezoelectric material is one that generates an electric field or electric potential in response to applied mechanical stress. Therefore, in the reverse case, passing an electric current through the material or an electric potential across the material, will cause it to contract or elongate, depending on the direction of the current. One of the best example of this is lead zirconate titanate which will contract/elongate up to about 0.1% of the original dimensions.
The vast majority of devices that use piezoelectric crystals (piezoelectric buzzers, fish finders, atomic force microscopes, etc.) use crystals of lead zirconate titanate (PZT). The crystal oscillator in a computer or digital clock uses the piezoelectric effect, but it is usually made of pure quartz (silicon dioxide). Many different crystals and other materials exhibit the piezoelectric effect, including quartz crystals, cane sugar, and bone.
Many piezoelectric crystals can be used in water with no issues.
This is a crystal which, when squeezed, will generate a potential difference across opposite faces. A practical example is an inexpensive phonograph/gramophone pickup.
this is not how they are made naturally but how they are made for diagnostic uses: ultrasound waves are made by applying a current that is similar to the natural frequency of the piezoelectric quartz crystal, when this is applied to the crystal they produce ultrasonic waves! ADDED: As a point of detail, quartz is rarely if ever used now, replaced by much more sensitive, artificial, piezoelectric ceramics.
In a given kind of floor (a plastic one for example) you insert a network of piezoelectric cells made out of a piezoelectric material (like quartz). They're all connected to a substation that transforms all those electrical impulsions in a clean AC power source. When the cell is pressed and relaxed, it delivers a small amount of electricity (a propriety of the matter). That's what you collect.