Published 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

Residual carbon detection in barium titanate ceramics by nuclear reaction technique

  • 1. Orleans Univ., 45 (France)
  • 2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 45 - Orleans-la-Source (France). Centre de Recherches sur la Physique des Hautes Temperatures
  • 3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 45 - Orleans-la-Source (France)

Description

Residual carbon content in BaTiO3 ceramics synthesized by the citric resin route has been evaluated by the 12C(d,p)13C nuclear reaction technique. The C content inside ceramics sintered at 1400oC is about 50 ppm in weight. The surface layer (0.4 μm) exhibits a concentration of several hundreds or thousands ppm with two origins for the detected carbon: atmospheric contamination carbon adsorbed at the surface, which has been roughly evaluated, and material intrinsic carbon: its concentration depends mainly on the sintering conditions, shape of ceramic pieces and sintering temperature. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Journal Volume
14
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 215-219.
ISSN
0955-2219
CODEN
JECSER