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Material · material:quartz

Quartz (α-SiO₂)

The crystal in which the Curies discovered piezoelectricity.

Atlas record: 1 claim references this material — 1 established.

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conditions: solid · non-centrosymmetric crystal required
1claims0enumerated routes0routes with complete-composition evidence0candidate routes not searched2cited sources

Relations

observed in · 1
Direct piezoelectric effect—observed in→Quartz (α-SiO₂)established

Cited sources · 2

  1. [1]
    J. Curie, P. Curie. Développement par compression de l'électricité polaire dans les cristaux hémièdres à faces inclinées (1880)
    Bulletin de la Société minéralogique de France 3, 90–93 · doi:10.3406/bulmi.1880.1564 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    J. F. Nye. Physical Properties of Crystals: Their Representation by Tensors and Matrices (1985)
    Oxford University Press · book, no DOI · record

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