The high response speed of this sensor is particularly advantageous in commercial applications, such as laser beam monitoring, laser processing and micro-machining, diode LIV testing, and more.

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Using the Pyroelectric Effect to Identify Broken MLCC Capacitors Vintage computer hardware can fail in a variety of fascinating ways, with Bits und Bolts] dealing with an interesting failure mode, in the form of degraded MLCC capacitors on Voodoo […read more

Dioptase and malachite by Louis Verschuren. From Tsumeb in Namibia. It looks like deep emerald crystals having Forbidden Broccoli growing over the top right side.

Vote #Dioptase the rare #pyroelectric #TeamGreen #DesertEmerald through to go against #tugtupite!

A #piezoelectricity versus #pyroelectricity battle for the ages! It's * #ELECTRIC * ;P

Pressure or fire, heating things up to get zappadelic, gotta love that.

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