Crystallization and Physical Properties of LiTaO3 in a Reactive Glass Matrix (LiBO2-Ta2O5)

Mukherjee, Pratap and Varma, KBR (2004) Crystallization and Physical Properties of LiTaO3 in a Reactive Glass Matrix (LiBO2-Ta2O5). In: Ferroelectrics, 306 . pp. 129-143.

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Abstract

Crystallization kinetics of the glass system (100-x)LiBO2-xTa2O5 (5 ≤ x ≤ 20, in molar ratio) prepared via the conventional metal-plate quenching technique have been studied by the isothermal method using differential thermal analyses (DTA). The X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) of the glasses heat-treated at 790 K/6 h confirmed the evolution of lithium tantalate (LiTaO3) phase in the glass matrix. The value of Avrami exponent n in the Johnson-Mehl-Avrami equation was found to be greater than 3, suggesting a three dimensional growth process with an increasing number of nuclei. Scanning electron microscopy of the heat-treated samples establish the growth of the LiTaO3 crystallites to be spherulitic. These crystallites embedded in the glass matrix were found to be pyro and ferroelectric

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Ferroelectrics
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Limited
Additional Information:	The copyright of this article belongs to Taylor and Francis Limited
Keywords:	Litao3;Crystallization;Reactive Glass Matrix;Libo2;Dielectric Constant;Ferroelectric;Pyroelectric
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre
Date Deposited:	30 Nov 2004
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2012 06:34
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/2216

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