Piezoelectric ceramic-glass composites for high temperature ultrasound applications

在用于监测结构完整性、监测流体流动和测量各种工业环境中的距离变化的仪器中，压电材料被用于产生和检测超声波。Ionix AdvancedTechnologies专门从事这一领域的高温应用的压电材料和超声波设备。该项目将开发一种新型的压电材料，一种由非压电性陶瓷和多孔玻璃组成的复合材料，它将在高温下显示出有利的超声性能。由此产生的仪器将具有高灵敏度、更高的空间分辨率和更高的信噪比，使这些系统能够在发电、石油和天然气工业以及汽车和航空航天部门的安全关键应用中获得新的应用。

Piezoelectric materials are used to produce and sense ultrasound in instrumentation used to monitor structuralintegrity, monitor flows and measure distance variations in a rnage of industrial environments. Ionix AdvancedTechnologies specializes in piezoelectric materials and ultrasound devices for the high temperature applicationsin this field. The project will develop a new form of piezoelectric material, a composite comprising apiezoelectric ceramic and a porous glass which will exhibit advantageous properties for ultrasound use at hightemperatures. The resulting instruments will have high sensitivity, improved spatial resolution and muchimproved signal to noise ratio, enabling new applications for these systems in safety critical applications inpower generation, the oil & gas industry, plus the automotive and aerospace sectors.