HIGHER ORDER TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENTS OF THE ELASTIC STIFFNESSES AND COMPLIANCES OF ALPHA-QUARTZ
Abstract
The first-, second-, and third-order temperature coefficients of the elastic stiffnesses and compliances of alpha-quartz were determined using thickness modes of double-rotated quartz plates based on the Christoffel theory of thickness vibrations. The temperature dependence of all possible thickness modes can be calculated from the values of the elastic stiffnesses and their temperature coefficients as derived during this investigation. A curve showing the locus of the first-order zero temperature coefficient of frequency of thickness-shear modes was calculated and compared with experiments. The second- and third-order temperature coefficients of frequency of the first-order zero quarts cuts are given. Applications at AT, BT, CT, and DT cuts are made by comparing the calculated with the experimental values which characterize the frequency temperature behavior of crystals.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0426194
Entities
People
- A. D. Ballato
- R. Bechmann
- T. J. Lukaszek
Organizations
- United States Army Communications-Electronics Command