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Stoichiometry Control and Phase Selection in Hydrothermally Derived Ba x Sr 1–x TiO 3 Powders
Author(s) -
Roeder Ryan K.,
Slamovich Elliott B.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb01984.x
Subject(s) - strontium , barium , materials science , titanium , stoichiometry , solid solution , solubility , phase (matter) , aqueous solution , alkaline earth metal , mineralogy , analytical chemistry (journal) , inorganic chemistry , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , metallurgy , metal , chromatography , organic chemistry
Ba x Sr 1‐ x TiO 3 (BST) powders were processed at temperatures <100°C by reacting nanosized TiO 2 powders in alkaline, aqueous solutions of BaCl 2 , SrCl 2 , and NaOH. The effects of processing variables (NaOH concentration, time, temperature, and the ratios of barium, strontium, and titanium initially in solution) on the resultant BST powder stoichiometry and solid solubility were examined. In all cases, strontium was more readily incorporated into the BST powders than barium, and the extent varied systematically with the processing variables. BST powders that were processed in solutions with a large initial excess of barium and strontium, relative to titanium, consisted of a single‐phase solid solution. In contrast, BST powders that were processed in solutions with a small initial excess of barium and strontium, relative to titanium, contained a biphasic solid solution which corresponded to separate barium‐rich and strontium‐rich phases.