Abstract
The sintering temperature of 0.75Pb(Zr0.47Ti0.53) O3-0.25Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 ceramics containing 1.5 mol% MnO2 was decreased from 930 to 850 °C with the addition of CuO. The CuO reacted with the PbO and formed a liquid phase during the sintering, which assisted the densification of the specimens. Most of the Cu2+ ions existed in the CuO second phase, thereby preventing any possible hardening effect from the Cu2+ ions. Variations of the kp, Qm, ε3T/ε0 and d33 values with CuO were similar to that of the relative density. The specimen containing 0.5 mol% CuO sintered at 850 °C showed the good piezoelectric properties of kp = 0.5, Qm = 1000, ε3T/ε0 = 1750 and d33 = 300 pC/N.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3686-3689 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Alloys and Compounds |
Volume | 509 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 Feb 24 |
Keywords
- High power transformer
- Low temperature sintering
- Microstructure
- PZT
- Piezoelectric
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metals and Alloys
- Materials Chemistry