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The crystals that have one or more axes with dissimilar ends, i.e., the hemihedral [semi-symmetrical] crystals with oblique faces, possess a particular physical property of giving rise to two electric poles of opposite signs at the extremities of these axes when they undergo a change in temperature: This phenomenon is known as pyroelectricity.
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KATZIR, S. (2006). THE DISCOVERY OF THE PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT. In: KATZIR, S. (eds) THE BEGINNINGS OF PIEZOELECTRICITY. BOSTON STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, vol 246. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4670-4_2
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