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Effect of A-site Substitution by Nd~3+ on the Microwave Dielectric Properties of (Pb0.5Ca0.5)(Fe0.5Nb0.5)O3 Ceramics

YANG Qiu-Hong1; KIM Eung-Soo2; XU Jun3   

  1. 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering; Shanghai University; Shanghai 201800; China; 2. Department of Materials Engineering; Kyonggi University; Suwon 442-760; Korea; 3. Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
  • Received:2002-07-31 Revised:2002-10-17 Published:2003-09-20 Online:2003-09-20

Abstract: Microwave dielectric properties of A-site substitution by Nd3+ in (Pb0.5Ca0.5)(Fe0.5Nb0.5)O3 system were investigated.
Microwave dielectric properties of [(Pb0.5Ca0.5)1-xNdx](Fe0.5Nb0.5)O3 (PCNFN) were improved because the solid solution of small amount of surplus Nd3+
with (Pb,Ca)2+ could eliminate oxygen vacancies. A single perovskite phase was formed when x=0.02. Surplus Nd3+ resulted in the formation of secondary
phase (pyrochlore), which can deteriorate to the microwave dielectric properties of PCNFN ceramics. The decreasing of dielectric properties with x content was
mainly caused by the formation of pyrochlore. Dielectric constant was above 100 and quality factor Qf values were 5385~5797GHz as x=0.02~0.05. Temperature
coefficient of resonant frequency (TCF) was changed from positive to negative with the increase of x content.

Key words: (Pb, Ca, Nd)(Fe, Nb)O3, microwave dielectric ceramics, perovskite

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