Abstract
Microwave sintering of Pb(Zr, Ti)O3, PZT, based ceramics was investigated using multimode heating at 2.45 GHz and 30 GHz and compared to conventional thermal processing. For both PZT-5 and PZT-5H "soft" piezoelectric ceramics, microwave processing resulted in a reduction of sintering temperature by more than 150 K. Of significance to the production of high surface area lead-based components, minimal PbO volatility was detected for samples processed as high as 1200°C. In contrast to conventionally processed PZTs, minimal grain size dependency of the dielectric and piezoelectric properties was observed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 312-317 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan |
Volume | 111 |
Issue number | 1293 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2003 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Ceramics and Composites
- General Chemistry
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry