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AUTHOR
I. N. Efremov
The Effect of Grain Size of the Stock on Electrical Characteristics of the Li0.03Na0.97Ta0.05Nb0.95O3Perovskite Ceramics
The microstructure and electrical properties of two samples of the ferroelectric Li0.03Na0.97Ta0.05Nb0.95O3 ceramic solid solution prepared from initial charge stocks of different dispersity by conventional ceramics technology are compared. The average size of grains and concentration of pores in the samples are found to be of little difference while the electrical properties of the ceramics are strongly affected by the grain size of the initial mixture. The difference in properties is due to conditions at the diffusion stage of the solid-phase synthesis caused by differences in composition of larger grains rather than the grain size itself.
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of High-Pressure LixNa1-xTayNb1-yO3Solid Solution Perovskite Ceramics
The effects of the temperature of synthesis and component concentration on microstructure of high-pressure LixNa1-xTayNb1-yO3 solid solution perovskite ceramics (х = 0.12, 0.17; у = 0; у ≥ 0.5) were studied. Original results of elastic properties of high-pressure LixNa1-xTayNb1-yO3 (х = 0.17; 0 ≤ у ≤ 0.5) solid solutions measured by contact probe techniques are reported. The observed decrease of the modulus of elasticity with increasing the sintering temperature of Li0,17Na0,83TayNb1-yO3 solid solutions is assumed to be related to conditions of re-crystallisation of disordered solid solutions at synthesis under high pressure.
Dielectric Permittivity and Conductivity of Li0.07Na0.93Ta0.1Nb0.9O3and Li0.07Na0.93Ta0.111Nb0.889O3Solid Solutions
Results of studies of dielectric properties and conductivity in 290–700 K range of temperature and frequencies from 25 to 106 Hz in ferroelectric perovskite solid solutions Li0.07Na0.93Ta0.1Nb0.9 O3 and Li0.07Na0.93Ta0.111Nb0.889 O3 are reported. A first-order ferroelectric phase transition proceeds in both studied compositions within the observed range of temperature. The co-precipitated Ta2yNb2(1-y)O5 pentoxides being used for synthesis of Li0.07Na0.93Ta0.111Nb0.889O3 the Curie point shifts by ∼75 K to a lower temperature while compared with Li0.07Na0.93Ta0.1Nb0.9O3 synthesised from mechanical mixture of the Ta2O5 and Nb2O5 oxides the high-frequency dielectric permittivity and ion conduct…
The Effects of Admixtures on Resistance to Radiation of Lithium Niobate Crystals
The studies of optical absorption and transmission of crystalline lithium niobate compounds modified by rare-earth and alkali-earth elements: LiNbO3: Y (0.46 wt %), LiNbO3: Y (0.32 wt %), Mg (0.24 wt %), LiNbO3: Mg (0.27 wt %), LiNbO3: Gd (0.004, 0.04, 0.26, and 0.43 wt %), and ostensibly pure LiNbO3 is reported. The features of absorption and transmission are examined with respect to the dosage of γ-irradiation, the annealing temperature, and the type and concentration of modifying admixtures. The features revealed in different ways of bleaching γ-irradiated and annealed in vacuum ostensibly pure lithium niobate crystals are used to refine the mechanisms of developing electron and point de…
Anomalies of dielectric properties and conductivity in single domain LiNbO3:Zn crystals
ABSTRACTA study of the temperature dependence of dielectric constant, conductivity, and piezoelectric modulus in the single-domain state of LiNbO3 crystals modified by Zn admixture at threshold concentration is reported. Unipolarity of the LiNbO3:Zn crystals is observed to increase after treatment of brand-new samples by high-temperature electro-diffusion annealing and by subsequent high-temperature annealing of short-circuited samples. The observed effects are explained as a result of meta-stable residual domains collapsing at high temperature the collapse being assisted by disintegration of charged clusters stabilizing domain walls. The rise of unipolarity is accompanied by anomalies on t…
Formation of Layers of Diverse Stoichiometric and Phase Composition in Lithium Tantalate Crystals at Treatment by Vapour Transport Equilibration
Layers from tens to hundreds of microns thick of a different phase composition and stoichiometry are shown to form in lithium tantalate crystals subjected to treatment by vapor transport equilibration in lithium vapour. The 500 microns thick stoichiometric (Li/Ta ≈ 1) layers have ten times lower values of the coercive field compared with congruent lithium tantalate. As electrical measurements suggest, a new polar structure of phase transition at ∼120°C is possibly formed within a thin (30 μm) surface layer of the lithium tantalate sample after vapour transport equilibration treatment.