Abstract
Large plate-like Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3(NBT) templates have been successfully synthesized from bismuth layer-structured ferroelectric Na0.5Bi4.5Ti4O15(NBIT) particles by the topochemical method. Because of the highly anisotropic structure, plate-like NBIT particles were first synthesized by the molten-salt process. After the topochemical reaction with the complementary reactants (Na2CO3, and TiO2) in NaCl flux, the layer-structured NBIT particles were transformed to the perovskite NBT templates. The resulting NBT templates are large and of plate-like shape. Our results also reveal that they are more effective in inducing grain orientation in the BNKT-BT ceramics as compared with BIT templates. For a BNKT-BT ceramic textured with 20 wt% of NBT templates, it exhibits a very high degree of grain orientation and gives a large Lotgering factor of 0.89.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3850-3853 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of the American Ceramic Society |
Volume | 89 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ceramics and Composites
- Geology
- Geochemistry and Petrology
- Materials Chemistry