BM500

BM500 - Lead Zirconate Titanate

Overview
BM500 series ceramics are lead zirconate titanates with high coupling coefficients and piezoelectric charge coefficient.These materials find application in passive devices and low-power resonators.

Features

  • High coupling coefficient
  • High piezoelectric charge coefficient

Applications

  • Passive devices
  • Low power resonators
  • Hydrophones, • Depth sounders
  • Communication, • Sonobuoys
  • Linear arrays
  • Level, flow measurement
  • Flaw detection (NDE)
  • Thickness measurement
  • Accelerometers, • Actuators
  • Transducers
     
PROPERTY SYMBOL BM500 UNITS
Electrical1      
Relative Dielectric Constant   KT33 1750
Dissipation Factor   Tan d 1.6 %
Piezoelectric
Coupling Factor   kp 0.62
  k31 0.37
  k33 0.72
Charge Constant   d31 -175 10-12 C/N
  d33 365 10-12 C/N
Voltage Constant   g31 -11.5 10-3 Vm/N
  g33 25 10-3 Vm/N
Mechanical Quality Factor   QM 80
Frequency Constants 2   Np 2050 Hz.m
  N1 1400 Hz.m
  N4 1800 Hz.m
Elastic Modulus
Compliance   SE11 15.5 10-12 m2 /N
  SE33 19 10-12 m2 /N
Density   r 7.65 g/cm3
Curie Temperature   Tc 360 °C
Ageing Characteristics 3 (% change/time decade)
Coupling Factor   kp -0.5
Dielectric Constant   kT33 -1
Frequency Constant   Np

0.5

Hz.m

BM500 Series ceramics

BM500 Series ceramics

Notes:
1  Low field parameters;
    measured at 1 KHz

2  NP - Planar
    N1 - Longtitudinal
    N4 - Thickness

3  Reference point of time;
    24 hours after polarization