Abstract
Chemical preparation methods were developed for high-field ZnO varistors which used precipitation techniques to prepare precursor powders. Varistors were made by sintering uniaxially pressed pellets in the range of 675°–740 °C in air. Properties of these varistors included electric fields (E) in the 10–100 kV/cm range at current densities (J) of 5 A/cm2, nonlinearity coefficients (α) greater than 30 for 2.5≤J≤5.O A/cm2, and densities in the range of 65%-99% of theoretical depending both on sintering temperature and composition.
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Dosch, R.G., Tuttle, B.A. & Brooks, R.A. Chemical preparation and properties of high-field zinc oxide varistors. Journal of Materials Research 1, 90–99 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1986.0090
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