Properties of piezoelectric ceramics in the solid-solution series lead titanate-lead zirconate-lead oxide: Tin oxide and lead titanate-lead hafnate

Abstract

Co mpositional proximity to a morphotropic t ransformation between two ferroelectric solid-s olution phases seems to yie ld ceramic transducers having desirable properties over a wide range of te mperature. Examples of t his phenomenon were observed in the systems PbTi03-PbZr03, PbTi03-PbO:Sn02, PbTi03-PbZr03-PbO:SnO" and PbTi03-PbHf03. The dielectric and piezoelectric properties of ceramics having compos itions in these syste ms and in t he system PbZr03-PbO:Sn02 are described .