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CIRCUIT COMPONENTS · Inductors and piezoelectricity: permeability, core material and configuration; transformers; piezoelectric devices

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Which of the following is an aspect of the piezoelectric effect?

  1. AMechanical deformation of material due to the application of a voltage
  2. BMechanical deformation of material due to the application of a magnetic field
  3. CGeneration of electrical energy in the presence of light
  4. DIncreased conductivity in the presence of light
Why The piezoelectric effect is a two-way coupling between mechanical stress and electric charge in certain crystals such as quartz, Rochelle salt and various ceramics. Squeezing or bending the crystal produces a voltage across it, and conversely applying a voltage makes the crystal physically deform or vibrate. That reciprocal behavior is what lets a quartz crystal act as a very high-Q mechanical resonator in oscillators and filters, and what drives ultrasonic transducers and buzzers.
Watch out Deformation caused by a magnetic field is magnetostriction, a different effect (it is what makes transformer cores hum). The light-related choices describe photovoltaic action and photoconductivity.
Piezo = pressure and electricity, no magnets and no light. Squeeze it for volts, apply volts and it squirms.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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  1. E6D01 What is piezoelectricity?
  2. E6D02 What is the equivalent circuit of a quartz crystal?
  3. E6D03 Which of the following is an aspect of the piezoelectric effect?
  4. E6D04 Why are cores of inductors and transformers sometimes constructed of thin layers?
  5. E6D05 How do ferrite and powdered iron compare for use in an inductor core?
  6. E6D06 What core material property determines the inductance of an inductor?
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