Papers by Keyword: Reactive Templated Grain Growth

Abstract: The factor determining texture development was examined for Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 ceramics made by the reactive-templated grain growth process using platelike Bi4Ti3O12 particles as reactive template. Platelike, skeleton Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 particles were formed by the reaction between Bi4Ti3O12 and Na2CO3 in calcined compacts. Coalescence of small grains in the skeleton particles to form single template particles was important to obtain highly textured ceramics.

Abstract: Anisometric KSr2Nb5O15 (KSN) particles were synthesized by molten salt method with SrCO3, Nb2O5 and KCl as raw materials. With K2CO3, SrCO3 and Nb2O5 starting materials, KSN lead-free piezoelectric ceramics were prepared by conventional ceramics technique and reactive templated grain growth (RTGG) method, respectively. In the RTGG process, green compacts were fabricated by tapecasting using anisometric KSN as template particles. The KSN particles prepared by molten salt method were rodlike in shape and dense. The KSN ceramics prepared by RTGG not only had higher degree of grain orientation but higher sintered density compared with that prepared by solid-state reaction.

Abstract: <001> textured Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.325PbTiO3 (PMN-32.5PT) ceramics were prepared by reactive templated grain growth (RTGG). Plate-liked {001}-SrTiO3 single crystal particles were used as template seeds. MgNb2O6, TiO2, PbO were mixed with SrTiO3 templates as a reactive matrix. SrTiO3 templates were oriented after tape-casting. The textured PMN–32.5PT ceramics were produced after heat treatment. In preparing textured PMN-32.5PT, RTGG was more efficient than TGG because of the chemical energy released in reaction. The final texture degree was very sensitive to the sintering history. An initial anneal step below the melting point of PbO resulted in better development of texture.