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Partially reacted mixtures of Pb(ZrxTi1−x)O3 and its corresponding starting oxide components were obtained by a high-energy ball milling process. The partially reacted powders were characterized by x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy techniques. The sintering behavior of the milled mixtures has demonstrated a distinct volumetric expansion before the densification of the samples, which clearly shows the occurrence of a reactive sintering process of the partially reacted powders. Such process requires a lower densification temperature as compared with the PZT powders produced by the conventional solid-state reaction process. PZT ceramics were found to form directly from the partially reacted powders sintered at 900–1200 °C. The dielectric and ferroelectric properties of the PZT ceramics as a function of sintering temperature and milling time were also studied and discussed.
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Kong, L.B., Ma, J., Zhang, T.S. et al. Pb(ZrxTi1−x)O3 ceramics via reactive sintering of partially reacted mixture produced by a high-energy ball milling process. Journal of Materials Research 16, 1636–1643 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2001.0227
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