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The effect of sintering time on grain size of PZT ceramics on ultrasonic transducer

E. AMOUPOUR1,* , S. J. MOUSAVI2

Affiliation

  1. Department of Electronic Engineering, Roudsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudsar, Iran
  2. Department of Physics, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

Abstract

Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramics were fabricated by powder mixing method. The resultant samples were sintered at a different time and subsequently characterized in terms of both microstructure and dielectric function to study effects of sintering behavior. Microstructure and dielectric function exhibited obvious dependence on sintering time. The grain size of PZT ceramics plays critical roles in determining the magnitudes of dielectric function. With the increase of sintering time, the grain size increased which exerted direct influences on dielectric function..

Keywords

Piezoelectricity, Piezoelectric characterization, Ceramic.

Citation

E. AMOUPOUR, S. J. MOUSAVI, The effect of sintering time on grain size of PZT ceramics on ultrasonic transducer, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 8, 11-12, November-December 2014, pp.1141-1144 (2014).

Submitted at: July 28, 2014

Accepted at: Nov. 13, 2014