Published February 25, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Combustion synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline Ba(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 powders

  • 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing Institute of Technology, Xingsheng Road 4, Yangjiaping, Chongqing, 400050 (China)

Description

Nanocrystalline Ba(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 (BMN) powders were successfully synthesized through a modified combustion synthesis method by using Ba(NO3)2, Mg(NO3)3.6H2O and Nb2O5 as starting materials. Gel precursor and calcined powders were characterized by thermogravimetric (TG), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results demonstrate that pure perovskite Ba(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 powder formed at 800 deg. C for 2 h. And the crystallite size was about 40 nm. The specimen sintered at 1550 deg. C for 12 h shows 96.3% of the theoretical density and gave the excellent microwave dielectric properties: εr = 31.3 and Qf = 71,800 GHz

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2009.01.023

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DOI
10.1016/j.mseb.2009.01.023;
PII
S0921-5107(09)00048-8;

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Journal Title
Materials Science and Engineering. B, Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology
Journal Volume
158
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 88-91
ISSN
0921-5107
CODEN
MSBTEK

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