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Piezo ceramics specification

Standard product

The following standard piezo ceramics are currently available:

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Propert. Symb. & unit NCE40 NCE41 NCE46 * NCE51 NCE53 NCE55 NCE57 * NCE59 * NCE80
DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (tolerances +/- 10%)
Relative Dielectric Constant eT33/e0 1250 1350 1300 1850 1600 5000 1800 2900 1050
Dielectric Loss Factor tg d [10-4] 25 40 30 190 130 220 170 190 20
Dielectric Loss Factor at 400V/mm tg d [10-4] 140 200 100
ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTIES (tolerances +/- 5%)

Electro - mechanical Coupling Factors*

kp 0.58 0.57 0.57 0.65 0.56 0.62 0.59 0.64 0.55
k31 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.37 0.32 0.39 0.33 0.37 0.3
k33 0.7 0.68 0.68 0.72 0.65 0.72 0.7 0.75 0.68
kt 0.5 0.5 0.47 0.51 0.47 0.5 0.47 0.52 0.48
Piezoelectric Charge Constants -d31 [10-12 C/N] 140 130 130 195 150 260 170 240 100
d33 [10-12 C/N] 320 310 330 460 360 670 425 575 240
Piezoelectric Voltage Constants -g31 [10-3 Vm/N] 11 11 11 13 9 9 11 10 11
g33 [10-3 Vm/N] 27 25 28 27 23 19 27 23 27
Frequency Constants NEp [m/s] 2160 2280 2230 1940 2180 1970 2010 1970 2270
NDt [m/s] 1980 2000 2040 2010 2040 1990 1950 1960 2050
NE1 [m/s] 1470 1600 1500 1400 1400 1410 1610
ND3 [m/s] 1340 1500 1800 1390 1500 1500 1500
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (tolerances +/- 5%)
Mechanical Quality Factor Qm 700 1400 >1000 80 80 70 80 90 1000
Density p [103 kg/m3] 7.75 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.6 8 7.7 7.45 7.8
Elastic Compliances sE11 [10-12 m2/N] 13 13 13 16 16 17 17 17 11
sE33 [10-12 m2/N] 17 16 20 19 18 21 23 23 14
Curie Temp. Tc [°C] 325 290 330 340 340 170 350 235 305

*) For multilayer components only.
**) Measured in accordance with standard EN 50324.


The values listed above are for reference purposes only and cannot be applied unconditionally to other shapes and dimensions. Values vary depending on the components' actual shape, surface finish, shaping process and post-processing.