Study of apodization of piezoeletric ceramics / Estudo da apodização de ceramicas piezoeletricas

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003

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The objective of this work was to optimize the process of apodization of piezoelectric ceramics disks, looking for the better relation between the insulating oil bath temperature and the smaIlest period of time through which the poling field must be applied. The apodization of the piezoelectric ceramic is performed to reduce the diffraction in the acoustic field generated by ultrasonic transducers. We looked for the best initial temperature of the insulating mineral oil that surrounds the piezoelectric ceramic, and how long the poling electric field must be applied to the ceramic to achieve a good apodization. We used 12.7mm diameter, 0.885mm and lmm thickness PZT-5A ceramic disks. The non-uniform poling electric field (2kV/mm) has been shaped by a 5mm radius spherica1 electrode. The apodized ceramic disks which showed piezoelectric coupling coefficient values larger than 0.37, were considered well apodizated. We used oil temperatures from 120°C to above 200°C and the electric field was applied for periods of at least 2 minutes to up to 4 hours and third minutes (until the oil temperature cooled down to 25°C). This study a1so inc1uded the ceramic disk evaluation after successive depolarizations and repolarizations. The results showed that using higher temperatures (above 200°C) we needed to apply the poling field for a shorter time. Temperature equa1160°C was efficient on1y ifthe poling field was applied until the oil was cooled down to 25°C (4 hours and thirty minutes). The results also showed that if the poling electric field was applied to the piezoelectric ceramic even before the oil was heated, we obtained larger piezoelectric coupling coefficients, compared to the poling processes where the electric field was applied to the ceramic on1y afier the oil was heated. This was not necessary if we used higher temperatures (250°C). We concluded that using higher temperatures (250°C) it was possible to reduce the apodization process, with good results, from more than 4 hours to on1y 2 minutes. Ultrasound transducers were built; their acoustic fields were mapped in a water tank, and the results confirmed the increasing of the depth of the acoustic field, as consequence of the acoustic difraction reduction

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polarização (eletricidade) polarization (electricity) piezoeletric transducers transdutores ultra-sonicos ultrasonic transducers transdutores piezoeletricos

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