Abstract:We show that the measurement of electric-field-induced piezoelectricity is a sensitive method to determine third-order derivatives of the thermodynamic potential functions with respect to electric field and mechanical stress in pure and doped alkali halide crystals. The method is equivalent to a determination of the stress derivatives of the dielectric constant and to a measurement of quadratic electrostriction. Experiments are performed on LiF, KCl, KBr, KCl-KBr mixtures, and RbCl : Ag þ . For the pure materi… Show more
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