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Effect of Additives on the Crystallization Kinetics of Barium Strontium Titanate Glass–Ceramics
Author(s) -
Gorzkowski Edward P.,
Pan MingJen,
Bender Barry A.,
Wu Carl C. M.
Publication year - 2008
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.1551-2916.2007.02254.x
Subject(s) - materials science , crystallization , nucleation , ceramic , dielectric , activation energy , chemical engineering , composite material , glass ceramic , strontium , mineralogy , microstructure , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , engineering
Barium strontium titanate (BST) has been targeted as one potential ferroelectric glass–ceramic for high‐energy density dielectric materials. Previous testing has shown that the dielectric constant of these materials was as high as 1000 and the dielectric breakdown strength up to 800 kV/cm. This did not, however, result in exceptional energy density (∼0.90 J/cc). In order to increase overall energy density refining agents can be added to the melt, but the nucleation and growth of the ceramic particles can also play a role. Therefore, in this study the crystallization kinetics were studied to more fully understand how BST phase forms so that the optimal energy density could be obtained. It was determined that the activation energy of the crystallization of BST 70/30 glass–ceramic is approximately 430 kJ/mol which is close to the dissociation energy of Si–O bonds. The Avrami parameter was found to be ∼3 meaning that three‐dimensional growth is dominant and the mechanism of growth was interface controlled.