Quartz crystal microbalances
Esquema
Jerarquía
Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Measuring Devices (Hierarchy Name) > measuring devices (instruments) > <measuring devices for forces> > weighing devices > <weighing devices by form> > scales (weighing devices) > balances (scales)
Descripción
A quartz crystal microbalance is an extremely sensitive sensor which weighs mass per area by measuring change in the freqency of an acoustic resonator. It is composed of a specially cut quartz crystal set between two electrodes that oscillates at its resonance frequency when AC power is applied through the electrodes due to the piezoelectric effect.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- quartz crystal microbalance [en]
- microbalances, quartz crystal [en]
- QCM [en]
- piezoelectic quartz crystal microbalances [en]