1 Magnetostrictive Metals and Piezomagnetic Ceramics as Transducer Materials. - 1 Introduction. - 2. Fundamentals of Magnetostriction. - 3. Eddy Current Effects on Material Constants. - 4. Relation between Static and Dynamic Magnetostriction Phenomena. - 5. Methods of Material Measurement. - 6. Magnetostrictive Properties of Materials. - 7. Consideration of Large Signal Operation. - References. - 2 Piezoelectric Crystals and Ceramics. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Fundamentals of Piezoelectricity. - 3. Modes of Vibration of Piezoelectric Elements. - 4. Ferroelectricity. - 5. Dissipation in Piezoelectric Materials. - 6. Parameters of Important Piezoelectric Crystals. - 7. Parameters of Piezoelectric Ceramics. - Notation. - References. - 3 Piezoelectric Transducer Materials and Techniques for Ultrasonic Devices Operating Above 100 MHz. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Materials and Techniques for Bonded Plate Transducers. - 3. Evaporated and Sputtered Film Transducers. - 4. Concluding Remarks. - References. Language: English