A study of powder size combinations for improving piezoelectric properties of PZT thick-film devices
Torah, R N, Beeby, S P and White, N M (2003) A study of powder size combinations for improving piezoelectric properties of PZT thick-film devices. At The 17th European Conference on Solid State Transducers (Eurosensors XVII), Guimaraes, Portugal, 24 - 21 Sep 2003. University of Minho, 610-613.
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This paper details investigations into the effects of different powder size ratios on the d33 coefficient of thick-film PZT layers. The two powders used were 5H type PZT supplied by Morgan Electro Ceramics Ltd. These were prepared using ball milling for the large particles, ~2um, and attritor milling for the small particles, ~1um. These powders were mixed with 10% by weight of Ferro CF7575 lead borosilicate glass and an appropriate quantity of ESL 400 solvent to formulate a screen printable paste. The results show the optimum powder combination obtained and a final formulation for a practical thick-film paste. The highest d33 value, 63.5pC/N, was obtained with the 4:1 ball to attritor powder by weight paste formulation.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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| Additional Information: | Event Dates: 21-24th September 2003 |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Physical and Applied Science > Electronics and Computer Science > EEE |
| Item ID: | 259273 |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2004 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 14:02 |
| Contributors: | Torah, R N (Author) Beeby, S P (Author) White, N M (Author) |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Additional Information: | Event Dates: 21-24th September 2003 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | University of Minho |
| Further Information: | Google Scholar |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/259273 |
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