Behavior of Morphotropic Phase Boundary in Low-Temperature Sintered Lead Zirconate-Titanate Ceramics with BiFeO<sub>3</sub>and Ba(Cu<sub>0.5</sub>W<sub>0.5</sub>)O<sub>3</sub>

Dunzhuo Dong, Kenji Murakami, Nagaya Okada, Shoji Kaneko

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics · 1994 · 11 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

The influence of the perovskite-type complex oxide additives, BiFeO 3 and Ba(Cu 0.5 W 0.5 )O 3 , on the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) has been investigated in low-temperature sintered Pb(Zr, Ti)O 3 ceramics. The coexistence region of two tetragonal and rhombohedral phases of the Pb(Zr, Ti)O 3 ceramics on the MPB has been narrowed and shifted to the Ti-rich region of the composition by the above additives. The dielectric and piezoelectric properties of the Pb(Zr, Ti)O 3 were affected by this shift of the MPB and here the optimum Zr/Ti ratio of 52/48 was determined.

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