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Piezoelectric ultrasound transducer for high temperature uses (in French)

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4332269

Ultrasound transducers capable of retaining their piezoelectric properties at high temperatures are used in displacement measuring devices for liquid sodium-cooled reactors. A piezoelectric ultrasound transducer in which monocrystalline piezoelectric pellets are fixed by their active faces to a common support is described. These pellets are regularly distributed in at least one circle centered about the axis of the device and located in a plane perpendicular to this axis. The pellets are electrically connected in parallel in such a method as to ensure that the sound waves emified by them are in phase. (FR)

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-29-024368
OSTI ID:
4332269
Report Number(s):
FR 2152348
Country of Publication:
France
Language:
French

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