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