Lead Zirconate Titanate (LZT) Ceramics.

Abstract

A method of producing homogeneous, fully reacted lead zirconate titanate powder, including additive elements, by reaction of the oxides of the constituent metals in a molten salt solvent was developed. Ceramics fired from different batches of powder made in this was showed good batch-to-batch reproducibility of electrical and piezoelectrical properties. Investigation of the influence on the properties of the resulting ceramic of variations in the way such powder is prepared for pressing and fired, revealed that nominally identical powders sometimes behaved differently. It is concluded that lead zirconate titanate powder still cannot be characterized so as to predict, except in a general way, the properties of the ceramic fired from it. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA073564

Entities

People

  • J. H. Rosolowski
  • J. W. Szymaszek
  • R. H. Arendt

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Body Weight
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemistry
  • Fatty Acids
  • Lead Zirconate Titanates
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Metallurgy
  • Military Research
  • Mixing
  • New York
  • Particle Size
  • Piezoelectric Crystals

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.
  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.