@ClaraListensprechen @shuttersparks @PeeBeeJayBee @Ralph058 @sergio_101 @LGsMom
Piezoelectrics might as well be magic or voodoo, it's so cool.
You can squeeze a crystal and it shoots out an invisible beam of electrons that can change their environment?
@SrRochardBunson @ClaraListensprechen@universeodon.com @PeeBeeJayBee @Ralph058 @sergio_101 @LGsMom Sorry for giggling. No. Nothing mysterious about piezoelectricity. Some materials have a crystal lattice structure such that mechanical pressure (which changes the shape of the crystal, microscopically) along certain axes of the crystal causes the electric charges to move to a different position. Release the pressure and they move back. And the effect is reciprocal. Apply an electric field, the charges move, and the shape of the crystal changes microscopically.
