Microwave properties of ZrTiO4 with partial substitution of Zr4+ and Ti4+for Ce4+
A. BADEV1,*
,
I. ILIEV1
Affiliation
- Department of non-ferrous metals and semiconductors- UCTM, Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract
The ZrTiO4 system is one of the classic materials used for microwave devices such as microwave dielectric resonators, but
unfortunately it has τf = 58 ppm/deg. A technological disadvantage of this material is its high sintering temperature (1600
°C). For the synthesis of ZrTiO4 (ZT) with zero τf , there have often been made substitutions of Zr4+ for Sn4+ - the material
ZST, and for lowering the sintering temperature, different sintering aids such as ZnO, CuO, V2O5 have been used. As
Cerium is of fourth valence and will not disrupt the electro neutrality of the mixed oxide, it is interesting to investigate the
microwave properties of ZT at a partial substitution of Zr4+ or Ti4+ for Ce4+. It has been revealed that for small concentrations
of CeO2 the microwave properties of ZT do not worsen, the temperature compensation is achieved for τf Æ0, and the
sintering temperature lowers to 1300 °C.
Keywords
Sintering temperature, Microwave properties, Structure.
Citation
A. BADEV, I. ILIEV, Microwave properties of ZrTiO4 with partial substitution of Zr4+ and Ti4+for Ce4+, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 2, 1, January 2008, pp.57-59 (2008).
Submitted at: Dec. 20, 2007
Accepted at: Jan. 16, 2008