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R. Ramesh, H. Kara, Ron Stevens and C. R. Bowen<br />

Figure 20. Measured directivity patterns of piezocomposite hydrophones at (a) 50 kHz, (b) 75 kHz and<br />

(c) 100 kHz.<br />

6. CONCLUSIONS<br />

Porous piezoceramics samples with ceramic volume fraction rang<strong>in</strong>g from 10% to 100%<br />

are synthesised by BURPS and foam-reticulation methods and are characterized <strong>in</strong> terms of<br />

their microstructure, piezoelectric charge (d33, d31) and voltage (g33,g31) coefficients, the<br />

hydrostatic coefficients (dH and gH) and hydrostatic Figure-of-Merit. The composites with<br />

PZT volume content >60% show the presence of 3-0 connectivity while composites with<br />

ceramic volume content

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