Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Characteristic of P~E Loop of PMN Relaxor Ferroelectric Ceramic Material

HUANG Zhong-Zang; CHAN H.L.W.+; CHOY C.L+   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China; +Department of Applied Physics and Materials Research Center The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityKowloon Hong Kong China
  • Received:1998-06-09 Revised:1900-01-01 Published:1998-12-20 Online:1998-12-20

Abstract: According to the method proposed by Swarts and Shrout, PMN ceramic material with single perovskite phase was prepared, and no any
pyrochloride one was detected by X-ray diffraction analyses. SEM observation shows that the sample was dense without the apparent
pores. The hysteresis (P~E) loop was measured by using a Radiant Technology RT 66a and an amplifier. The change of P~E loop of the
sample with the frequency measured shows that the dependence of the polarization on the field of PMN relaxor ferroelectric ceramic material
at low frequency (e.g.10 Hz) is a curve without any hysteresis at room temperature, and P~E loop appears with the increase of frequency
measured(e.g.>100 Hz), the higher the frequency, the larger the P~E loop, which differs from that of normal ferroelectrics.

Key words: relaxor ferroelectrics, normal frroelectrics, hysteresis loop

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