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Title: Characteristics of BaTiO{sub 3} particles prepared by spray-coprecipitation method using titanium acylate-based precursors

Journal Article · · Chemistry of Materials
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/cm980520h· OSTI ID:328243
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  1. Korea Inst. of Science and Technology, Seoul (Korea, Republic of). Div. of Chemical Engineering
  2. Sogang Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Chemical Engineering

BaTiO{sub 3} particles of ultrafine size and high crystallinity were produced by a spray-coprecipitation technique. To improve stability, titanium isopropoxide was acylated using acetic acid. The sol solutions were prepared by mixing the titanium acylate with aqueous barium acetate. Spray-precipitation was performed in concentrated KOH solution (pH > 13). Investigated variables were the metal content and Ba/Ti ratio in sol solutions, the reaction temperature and time, and the calcination temperature. BaTiO{sub 3} particles were synthesized in an aggregate form composed of tiny spherical, crystalline grains (20--30 nm in diameter). The barium-deficient stoichiometry of resulting particles was closely related to a rather poor precipitation yield of barium ions in KOH solution. Crystalline BaTiO{sub 3} phase was formed by two different mechanisms: ion-solid reaction and solid-state reaction. BaTiO{sub 3} particles, in purely cubic phase as synthesized, underwent a phase transition to tetragonal phase by calcination over 500 C.

OSTI ID:
328243
Journal Information:
Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 10, Issue 12; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English