Electrocaloric effect
From Online Dictionary of Crystallography
Effet électrocalorifique (Fr).
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Definition
The electrocaloric effect is the converse of the pyroelectric effect: it describes the variation of entropy δσ of a material submitted to an applied electrical field Ei :
where piT is the electrocaloric coefficient at constant stress. It is equal to the pyroelectric coefficient.
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See pyroelectricity
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See also
An introduction to crystal physics (Teaching Pamphlet of the International Union of Crystallography)
Section 10.2 of International Tables of Crystallography, Volume A
Section 1.1.4 and part 3 of International Tables of Crystallography, Volume D
