Materials Science Forum, Vol.423-4, 411-415, 2003
Preparation and dielectric property of strontium-lead titanate functionally graded ceramics
A new type of functionally graded dielectric ceramics of (Sr, Pb)TiO3 system were fabricated by means of powder metallurgy from chemical coprecipitated (Sr1-xPbx)TiO3 particles. The microstructure and dielectric property were characterized via X-ray diffractometer, electron probe microanalyser, transmission electron microscope and impedance/grain-phase analyzer. It is shown that, the (Sr1-xPbx)TiO3 powders exhibit nano grain and particle structure. After sintering at 1150degreesC, the ceramics were nearly full densified, in which ferroelectric domains were observed in the coarsened grains. No sharp peak appears in the permittivity-temperature curve of (Sr, Pb)TiO3 FGM as that in homogeneous (Sr1-xPbx)TiO3 ceramics. It reveals that the graded constitution effectively optimized the dielectric property of (Sr, Pb)TiO3 ceramics; the work temperature zone was broadened and the dielectric-temperature stability was improved.