화학공학소재연구정보센터
Materials Science Forum, Vol.299, 80-90, 1999
Synthesis of reactive ceramic powders by the citrate technique
The citrate technique has been used to produce homogeneous, line and reactive ceramic powders. That technique consists basically in preparing polymeric resins by adding citric acid and polyethylene glycol to liquid solutions of the inorganic ceramic precursors, followed by controlled stirring and heating. High density bodies are then obtained after conformation and sintering the powders that resulted from the calcination of the resins. ZrO2:MgO, ZrO2:La2O3 and ThO2:Y2O3 solid electrolytes to be used as electrochemical transducers in oxygen sensors, and Ag-YBa2Cu3O7-x composite high-T-c superconductors were obtained by that technique. The powders have been analyzed by sedimentation and gas adsorption techniques for determining particle size distribution, X-ray diffractometry for structural phase content, and Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM and TEM) for observation of particle agglomeration. The sintered solid electrolyte ceramic pellets, have been analyzed by XRD, by SEM for grain morphology, and Impedance Spectroscopy for bulk and grain boundary electrical characterization: the composite superconductor have been characterized by optical microscopy, XRD and four-probe electrical resistivity measurements.