Letters Comments About the Effects of Nonuniform Mass Loading on a Quartz Crystal Microbalance

John R. Vig and Arthur Ballato

Abstract The Sauerbrey equation can yield incorrect results when the mass and amplitude of vibration distributions are not uniform, and when the mass is not attached rigidly.

1998 IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 45:1123-1124

© 1998, by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. All rights reserved.

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