Physical

and Piezoelectric
Properties of APC Materials

APC Material: 840 841 850 854 855 860 880

Navy Equivalent Navy I Hybrid Navy II Navy V Navy VI Porous Navy III
Relative Dielectric Constant
KT 1275 1375 1900 2750 3300 1200 1050
Dielectric Dissipation Factor (Dielectric Loss(%))*
tan δ 0.60 0.40 ≤ 2.00 ≤ 2.00 ≤ 2.50 ≤ 2.00 0.40
Curie Point (°C)**
Tc 325 320 360 250 200 360 310
Electromechanical Coupling Factor
kp 0.59 0.60 0.63 0.66 0.68 0.50 0.50
k33 0.72 0.68 0.72 0.68 0.76 0.45 0.62
k31 0.35 0.33 0.36 - 0.40 - 0.30
k15 0.70 0.67 0.68 - 0.66 - 0.55

d33 290 300 400 600 630 380 215

-d31 125 109 175 260 276 - 95
d15 480 450 590 625 720 - 330
Piezoelectric Voltage Constant (10-3 Vm/N or 10-3 m2/C)
g33 26.5 25.5 24.8 25.5 21.0 38.0 25.0
-g31 11.0 10.5 12.4 - 9.0 - 10.0
g15 38.0 35.0 36.0 - 27.0 - 28.0
Young's Modulus (1010 N/m2)
YE11 8.0 7.6 6.3 6.0 5.9 - 9.0
E
Y 33 6.8 6.3 5.4 5.2 5.1 - 7.2
Frequency Constants (Hz*m or m/s)
NL (longitudinal) 1524 1700 1500 - 1390 - 1725
NT (thickness) 2005 2005 2040 2000 2079 1390 2110
NP (planar) 2130 2055 1980 1972 1920 1900 2120
Density (g/cm3)
ρ 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 6.6 7.6
Mechanical Quality Factor
Qm 500 1400 80 70 65 50 1000
Acoustic Impedance (Mrayl)
Za - - 31.5 - - 16.5 -
The values listed above pertain to test specimins. They are for reference purposes only and cannot be applied unconditionally to other shapes and dimensions. In practice,
piezoelectric materials show varying values depending on their thickness, actual shape, surface finish, shaping processes and post-processing.

Note: measurements made 24 hours after polarization. Standard Tolerances

Maximum voltage:5-7 VAC /mil for 850, 851, 855, Type VI VDC ~2X. (Tighter tolerances avaliable on request)
9-11 VAC /mil for 840, 841, 842, 844, 880, 881 VDC ~2X. - Capacitance: ±20%
*At 1 kHz, low field. - d33 Value: ±20%
**Maximum operating temperature = Curie point/2. - Frequency: ±5% (to ±0.5% on request)

Updated: March 2020 Rev. 06 Pg 1 of 2

Physical and Piezoelectric Properties of APCI Materials

Material: 842 844 851 881 Type I Type II Type III

Equivalent Material Type I Type II Type III Type I Type II Type III

Relative Dielectric Constant

T
K 1375 1500 1950 1030 1300 1800 1000
Dielectric Dissipation Factor (Dielectric Loss (%)*
tan δ 0.45 0.4 1.5 0.4 1.0 2.0 1.0
Curie Point (°C)**
Tc 325 320 360 310 320 300 300
Electromechanical Coupling Factor (%)
kp 0.65 0.68 0.71 0.58 0.60 .65 .55
kt 0.48 0.48 0.51 0.46 0.40 .40 .40
-12 -12
Piezoelectric Charge Constant (10 C/N or 10 m/V)
d33 300 300 400 260 275 375 200
-3 -3 2
Piezoelectric Voltage Constant (10 Vm/N or 10 m /C)
g33 26.3 24.5 24.8 26.7 26 25 26
10 2
Young's Modulus (10 N/m )
E
Y 11 8 7.6 6.3 9 8 6 9
E
Y 33 6.8 6.3 5.4 7.2 7 5 7
Frequency Constants (Hz*m or m/s)
NT (thickness) 2050 2050 2040 2050 2050 2000 2100
NP (planar) 2230 2250 2080 2300 2200 2000 2200
3
Density (g/cm )
ρ 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6
Mechanical Quality Factor
Qm 600 1500 80 1000 600 80 1000

The values listed above pertain to test specimens. They are for reference purposes only and cannot be applied unconditionally to other shapes and dimensions.
In practice, piezoelectric materials show varying values depending on their thickness, actual shape, surface finish, shaping processes and post-processing.

Note: measurements made 24 hours after polarization. Standard Tolerances

Maximum voltage:5-7 VAC /mil for 850, 851, 855, Type VI VDC (Tighter tolerances available on request)
~2X. 9-11 VAC /mil for 840, 841, 842, 844, 880, 881 VDC ~2X. - Capacitance: ±20%
*At 1 kHz, low field. - d33 Value: ±20%
**Maximum operating temperature = Curie point/2. - Frequency: ±5% (to ±0.5% on request)

Update: March 2020 Rev. 06 2 of 2