From Crystals to Currents: The Pizoelectric Effect
May 01, 2024 • EPISODE 220
Do you know about the magical property of quartz crystals? In this episode of ScienceLIVE, Roger Billings uncovers the science of the piezoelectric effect—how crystals generate electricity under pressure—and explains how this groundbreaking discovery paved the way for the Billings Computer and numerous advancements in electronics and energy.
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I liked the electricity
I learned a lot from this video. I didn’t know that you could get electricity out of quarts crystals! I think that is amazing. I have a couple of questions. Are there any other natural materials that have the pizoelectric effect, besides quarts crystals? Also, if you banged two quarts crystals together so each let off their electric charge, would anything special happen? Do their energies crash into each other and make opposing forces? Or do they just flow the same way and you get one charge?
Hi how are you the pizoelectric video was good
I have a few quartz crystals. I might try what DrB did
It’s so cool how the crystals work!
I wonder how they got all the parts for the trains. Interesting video.
This Pizoelectric video was absolutely awesome, I never heard such great information before. Nice!!!!!
this was so cool
This video was amazing!
I was wondering if quartz crystals could be used for the purpose of energy production. Maybe, if there are any phenomena that tend to create a lot of impact force, like waterfalls, quartz crystals could be positioned to absorb it and turn it into energy. Or maybe electric cars can use them in their suspension systems to charge their batteries.
Why does the quartz only resonate at 40 kilohertz
I’m still learning about crystals and supersaturated solutions. I hope someday, in the future, I can be NASA scientist. Here are some 3 guides to become a scientist:
1. Read. Study. Research. Experiments.
2. I recommend using your own words, especially if you are writing an informative research text for science.
3. Ask questions like why, when, where, what, how, and who.
Like Dr. Billings says, Study Hard!
Believe it or not but, did you know that there are actually certain glowing fungi that have the pizoelectric effect and, that certain crystal that have the pizoelectric effect make coloring sparks when broken?
I really liked this video. Science is cool!
nice video