Quartz Crystal Microbalance

In this experiment you will use a quartz crystal resonator to measure viscosity and mass

Literature

  1. QCM - Wikipedia
  2. Piezoelectric discovery
  3. This site provides an intractive tutorial about piezoelectricity
  4. Piezoelectricity and piezoelectric ceramics
  5. Determining resonance frequency
  • Resonance:
    1. Wikipedia page.
    2. This page from Hyperphysics has some very intuitive explanations.
    3. Here you can find a java demonstartion of resonance in a string. This page shows what happens to a mass attached to a spring below, above and at resonance, and here you can explore this system more.
    4. Here you can learn about resinance, standing waves and their relation to music.