Piezoceramics belongs to a sub-group of piezoelectricity. The post-WWII era research and development, in metal oxide-based piezoceramics, ushered in dramatic opportunities for transducer applications. Natural crystal materials such as quartz and tourmaline were still being used, but the new ferroelectrics (manmade crystalline materials) offered substantially higher sensitivities and temperature ranges for new products such as miniature microphones and updated sonar designs.
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Mathews, J. (2008). Piezoceramic Accelerometer. In: Havelock, D., Kuwano, S., Vorländer, M. (eds) Handbook of Signal Processing in Acoustics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30441-0_70
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