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Figure 18: Profiles of the quality factor (Q; see Table 2), viscosity, and electrical conductivity as functions of depth. The quality factor is determined for shear waves at frequencies of one to 100 hertz (periods of one to 0.01 second).

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Also known as: Q

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piezoelectric devices

In electricity: Piezoelectricity
…of the crystals have a quality factor Q of several hundred, and, in the case of quartz, the value can be 10⁶. The result is a piezoelectric coefficient a factor Q higher than for a static electric field. The very large Q of quartz is exploited in electronic oscillator circuits…
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resonant electric circuits

In electricity: Resonance
The quality factor Q for the circuit is the electric energy stored in the circuit divided by the energy dissipated in one period. The Q of a circuit is an important quantity in certain applications, as in the case of electromagnetic waveguides and radio-frequency cavities where…
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