Talk:Pyroelectricity

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Piezoelectric effect redirects to piezoelectricity, and pyroelectric effect redirects to pyroelectricity, but ferroelectricity redirects to ferroelectric effect. These should all be consistent. The "-ity" sounds rather odd to me, and I think " effect" is better. Any opinions? –radiojon 15:03, 2004 Apr 16 (UTC)

I like "effect" better, too. - Omegatron 00:16, Feb 12, 2005 (UTC)
"effect" is trite and useless. 69.106.153.67 14:45, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I changed the wording. This is technically not the same thing that 'cold fusion' was looking at doing.

What is the relationship between pyroelectricty and the Peltier-Seebeck effect? - Omegatron 03:23, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

The side between electrical and thermal corners represents the pyroelectric effect and produces no kinetic energy. The side between kinetic and electrical corners represents the piezoelectric effect and produces no heat.

What is the side between thermal and kinetic? - Omegatron 15:33, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pyroelectricity is not electric potential

(I'm not native speaker.)

In the very first phrase "Pyroelectricity refers to..." seems to me better than "Pyroelectricity is...". Want to say that pyroelectricity is NOT potential but an effect where potential arises if...

Any sugestions?


[edit] Mathematical treatment of pyroelectricity

There seems to be no discussion of how pyroelectrics are modeled, e.g. that the pyroelectric coefficient p of a material is given by :

p = \frac{\Delta\ P}{\Delta\ T} where \Delta\ P is the change in polarisation, and \Delta\ T the change in temperature. Is this simply missing or is it in a separate article ? --ACH 15:43, 4 December 2005 (UTC)