Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol.93, No.12, 4071-4074, 2010
Ultra-Low-Fire Te-2(Mo1-xWx)O-7 Ceramics: Microstructure and Microwave Dielectric Properties
The sintering temperatures of common microwave dielectric ceramics fall in the range between 1200 degrees and 1500 degrees C. In this study, prepared new microwave dielectric ceramics of Te-2(Mo1-xWx)O-7 showed a sintering temperature of 520 degrees C. Only monoclinic (P2(1)/c) Te-2(Mo1-xWx)O-7 phase was found in the X-ray diffraction patterns after sintering, an observation further confirmed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy results. Microstructures were composed of angular grains in the sizes of 2-5 mu m. The microwave dielectric properties of pure Te2MoO7 and Te-2(Mo0.95W0.05)O-7 ceramics sintered at 520 degrees C can be summarized as epsilon(r)approximate to 13.6, Q x f approximate to 46 900 GHz, and tau(f)approximate to-36.0 ppm/degrees C and epsilon(r)approximate to 13.9, Q x f approximate to 25 820 GHz, and tau(f)approximate to-12.8 ppm/degrees C.