Joseph Valasek
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American physicist, discovered ferroelectricity
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Joseph Valasek was an American physicist and professor emeritus of physics at the University of Minnesota. He specialized in geometrical and physical optics, experimental optics and spectroscopy, and x-rays. He is credited with the discovery of ferroelectricity, which he identified using Rochelle salts.
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- Piezo-Electric and Allied Phenomena in Rochelle Salt (1921) (678)
- Properties of Rochelle Salt Related to the Piezo-electric Effect (1922) (41)
- X-Ray Spectroscopic Data in Regard to the Electronic Energy Bands in Potassium and Sodium Chlorides (1938) (28)
- Dielectric Anomalies in Rochelle Salt Crystals (1924) (22)
- BOOK REVIEWS: Piezoelectricity: An Introduction to the Theory and Applications of Electro-mechanical Phenomena in Crystals (1965) (13)
- NOTE ON THE PIEZO-ELECTRIC EFFECT IN ROCHELLE SALT CRYSTALS. (1927) (12)
- The early history of ferroelectricity (1971) (11)
- Introduction to Theoretical and Experimental Optics (1950) (10)
- X-Ray Emission Spectra of Sulphides and Sulphates (1937) (9)
- Effects of Chemical Combination on the X-Ray Emission Spectrum of Sulphur (1933) (9)
- Variation of the Dielectric Constant of Rochelle Salt Crystals with Frequency and Applied Field Strength (1934) (8)
- Effect of Chemical Combination on theKβ1Lines of Sulphur, Chlorine and Potassium (1935) (8)
- X-Ray Emission Spectra and Electronic Energy Bands of Compounds (1940) (5)
- Relative Intensities of Some Lines in the Mercury Spectrum (1927) (4)
- Principles of Physics III. Optics (1949) (4)
- Note on the Piezo-Electric Effect in Rochelle Salt Crystals (1927) (3)
- The Fine Structure of Certain X-Ray Emission Lines (1930) (3)
- Infrared Absorption by Rochelle Salt Crystals (1934) (3)
- BOOK REVIEWS: Introduction to Photographic Principles (1967) (2)
- Spark Spectra of Mercury Vapor (1928) (1)
- Precision Measurements in the K-Series of the Elements 48 Cd and 49 In (1929) (1)
- Light: Light. Principles and Experiments . By George S. Monk. Pp. xi + 477, figs. 265. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1937. Price, $5.00. (1938) (0)
- A Survey of Crystal Optics (1939) (0)
- Quantitative Biological Spectroscopy. By Elmer S. Miller. (1940) (0)
- Elements of optics (1933) (0)
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