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Abstract
Experiments on a piezoelectric Tonpilz power transducer show the importance of the quality of the ceramic active material. In order to determine if internal defects appear in PZT ceramics owing to the working of the transducer, two methods of investigation are proposed: an electrical one by measurement of the admittance versus frequency and an ultrasonic one. These two methods lead to identical results for eliminating defective ceramics.