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While piezoelectric components bring a wealth of features and benefits to a wide variety of products in the market today - working with piezoelectric elements can be challenging and problematic for manufacturers that do not have the necessary specialized knowledge to manage the learning curve involved. In addition, the ups and downs of the current economic climate make planning and scaling up operations a very unpredictable endeavor. Let APC International, Ltd. be your in house specialist. Control your costs, quality and budget. WHY? Because you want to: - Eliminate in-house expenses
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Piezoelectric Powder Characterization
Electroceramic materials are often classified as either hard or soft. Soft materials involve the use of a donor dopant and hard materials require the use of an acceptor dopant. In both cases, the dopant creates changes in the resulting crystal structure and enhances the characteristics of the materials. With the application in mind, a careful examination of material properties and selecting the correct composition is crucial achieve the required performance.
Hard Ceramics:
- Large electromechanical coupling and mechanical quality factors
- Compatible with high mechanical loads and high voltages
- More stable than soft ceramics
 - More difficult to depolarize
Soft Ceramics:
- Best at lower temperatures
- Large Permittivity and dielectric dissipation
- Large displacements
- Primarily used in sensing applications
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Compare soft ceramics versus hard ceramics
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Upcoming Events
MR-guided Focused Ultrasound 2010
2nd International Symposium
When: October 17-20, 2010
Where: Westfields Marriott near Dulles International Airport, Washington, DC
The symposium will be a premier event for scientists, clinicians and others interested in current and future applications of MR-guided focused ultrasound. The program will offer a multifaceted exploration of this emerging field and feature plenary sessions, panel discussions, poster presentations and technical exhibits.
Call for papers - Due August 16, 2010 Learn MoreDownload Symposium BrochureExplore Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation website
 Electronic Materials and Applications 2011 When: January 19-21, 2011
 40th Annual Ultrasonic Industry Association Symposium
When: May 23-25, 2011Where: Glasgow, Scotland, UK This
workshop provides a forum for the discussion of state-of-the-art
materials and devices to generate, detect and suppress sound. Papers
will be presented and commercial firms may also display and/or present
products. A copy of the call for papers will be posted in on the UIA website later in 2010 - keep an eye out for updates!
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