The ferroelectricity of the Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofloroethylene) terpolymer films fabricated by the Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) technology were investigated from 180 to 300 K. The temperature dependence of the remanent polarization and the dielectric response shows a broad peak at ~ 270 K, suggesting a ferroelectric phase transition. Contrary to the perovskite relaxor, a d...

Doped ceria has been considered for high oxygen ion conductivity for solid oxide fuel cells. In the present study, 20 mole% samarium doped nano ceria powder was prepared by wet chemical synthesis and sintered at different temperatures to retain submicron grains (> 92-96% density). ionic conductivity of the sintered pellets was measured using impedance spectroscopy as a function of temperature (...

High-quality Ca0.8Dy0.2MnO3 nano-powders were synthesized by the solution combustion process. The size of the synthesized Ca0.8Dy0.2MnO3 powders was approximately 23 nm. The green pellets were sintered at 1150-1300°C at a step size of 50°C. Sintered Ca0.8Dy0.2MnO3 bodies crystallized in the perovskite structure with an orthorhombic symmetry. The sintering temperature did not affect the Seebeck ...

A series of Li-Cd ferrite samples of composition Li0.5-x/2CdxBi0.02Fe2.48-x/2O4 for x = 0.0 to 0.7 were prepared by conventional double sintering ceramic technique. From temperature dependent permeability, μ′ at T=TC indicates that the samples have high homogeneity according to Globus et al. The Curie temperature, TC is found to decrease with increasing Cd content. The sample with x=0.7 shows a...

A co-precipitation method was used for synthesis of pure MgTiO3 ceramic powder with Mg(NO3)2.6H2O, TiCl4 or C12H28O4Ti and NaOH as raw materials. In this method, solutions of 1 M, Mg (NO3)2 6H2O and 2 M, NaOH were prepared. A stoichiometric amount of Ti precursors from TiCl4 or C12H28O4Ti was weighted. Solutions of Mg (NO3)2. 6H2O and Ti precursor were added dropwise to NaOH solution unde...

The effects of sintering profiles on the densification behaviour of synthesized nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite (HA) powder were investigated in terms of phase stability and mechanical properties. A wet chemical precipitation method was successfully employed to synthesize a high purity and single phase HA powder. Green HA compacts were prepared and subjected to sintering in air atmosphere over a...

Protonic conductors of BaZr0.5Ce0.3Ln0.2O3-δ (BZCLn532, Ln=Y, Sm, Gd, Dy) were successfully synthesized by using a cost-effective solid state reactive sintering (SSRS) method with 1 wt.% NiO as a sintering aid. The pellets of the BZCLn532 were obtained at sintering temperatures between 1300 1600 °C. The results show that the morphologies and the final relative densities of the obtained BZCLn532...

In this study the effect of sintering process in different temperatures on microstructure and morphological properties of sintered hydroxyapatite (HAp) was investigated. HAp powder was prepared by wet precipitation method from following reagents: Ca(OH)2 + H3PO4 in an alkaline conditions. Thermal analysis (TA), X-Ray diffraction method (XRD), FT-IR spectrometry (FT-IR) and scanning electron mic...

Aluminium based nanostructured materials with additions of 0.5, 1 and 1.5 weight% of zirconium have been produced and sintered using the spark plasma sintering technique in order to promote the nucleation of ZrAl3 platelets. The mechanical behaviour of all these nanocomposites was determined by means of the Small Punch Test. Zirconium additions significantly decrease the mechanical properties o...