Abstract
The effect of excess Nb2O5 on the dielectric characteristics of tungsten-bronze-structured polycrystalline K3Li2Nb5O15 (KLN) ceramics was studied. During sintering, the evaporation of K and Li was inevitable, which caused an effective increase of Nb content in the crystal. Even though the initial composition was below the boundary, where the crystal structure of KLN changed from tetragonal to orthorhombic, the composition passed over the boundary due to evaporation. The composition shift took away the dielectric relaxation near the phase transformation temperature. Ti addition was effective in suppressing the evaporation of K and Li and revived the phase transformation. The evaporation of cations was explained from the viewpoint of lattice stability.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 483-486 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Materials Science and Engineering: B |
Volume | 99 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 25 May 2003 |
Event | Advanced Electronic-ceramic Materials. Proceedings of the 8th IUMRS-ICEM 2002 - Xi'an, China Duration: 10 Jun 2002 → 14 Jun 2002 |
Keywords
- Permittivity
- Phase transitions
- Thermal evaporation
- Tungsten bronzes