Rochelle salt

Noun

Meaning

a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic

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Early WW2 losses prompted rapid research in the field, pursuing both improvements in magnetostrictive transducer parameters and Rochelle salt reliability. Source: Internet

In 1940, the US sonars typically consisted of a magnetostrictive transducer and an array of nickel tubes connected to a 1-foot-diameter steel plate attached back to back to a Rochelle salt crystal in a spherical housing. Source: Internet

Quartz and Rochelle salt exhibited the most piezoelectricity. Source: Internet

The piezoelectric Rochelle salt crystal had better parameters, but the magnetostrictive unit was much more reliable. Source: Internet

Within nine months, Rochelle salt was obsolete. Source: Internet

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