Publication Date:
2015-02-18
Description:
In the present work, an effort has been made to synthesize (Bi 1-x R x ) 0.5 Na 0.5 TiO 3 (BRNT) system with compositions x = 0 & 0.02, where R = La, Nd and Gd by Semi-Wet Technique. Processing of the composition with x = 0 has been optimized by two precursor solution one by citric acid and other by ethylene glycol. The XRD patterns of these samples, prepared by ethylene glycol precursor solution, have shown pure phase of perovskite structure with a rhombohedral symmetry. The studies on structure, phase transitions and dielectric properties for all the samples have been carried out over the temperature range from RT to 450 °C at 100 kHz frequency. It has been observed that two phase transitions (i) ferroelectric to anti-ferroelectric and (ii) anti ferroelectric to paraelectric occur in all the samples. All samples exhibit a modified Curie-Weiss law above Tc. A linear fitting of the modified Curie- Weiss law to the experimen...
Print ISSN:
1757-8981
Electronic ISSN:
1757-899X
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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