The influence of small stoichiometric deviations in the properties dielectric of barium titanate ceramics laser sintering

It has recently been investigated the influence of the laser sintering on the electrical properties of the ceramic bodies. This work is dedicated to studying how a small deviation stoichiometric barium and / or titanium may interfere with the dielectric properties of ceramics based on barium titanate (BaTiO3) when they are sintered by laser. Ceramics based on doped barium titanate lanthanum (Ba_0,998La_0,002Ti_1-nO₃) were produced and laser sintering. The crystalline phase was verified by X-ray diffraction, information on the microstructure of the sintered samples laser were obtained with the aid of the technique of electron microscopy (SEM) and, the impedance spectroscopy technique was used to characterize the dielectric material. The preliminary results obtained show ceramic bodies with a density of 93% and with good homogeneity of the microstructure. The high values of dielectric permittivity of the ceramics were observed for samples with a deviation where the stoichiometric ratio [Ba]/[Ti] <1. (author)