The Ratio of Rhombohedral and Tetragonal Phases on the Morphotropic Phase Boundary in Lead Zirconate Titanate

Wenwu Cao, L. Eric Cross

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Abstract

A method is introduced to determine the statistical distribution of energetically degenerate but geometrically inequivalent states in a temperature induced phase transition in solids. The method has been employed to calculate the ratio of the rhombohedral and tetragonal phases in the Pb(ZrxTi1-x)O3 solid solution of the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) composition. Our results indicate that the MPB determined by Jaffe, Cook and Jaffe [Piezoelectric Ceramics (Academic Press, London, 1971) p. 136] from structural measurements should be shifted to the rhombohedral side, which is more consistent with the MPB determined from dielectric measurements.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1399-1402
Number of pages4
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
Volume31
Issue number5 R
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1992

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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