Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Characteristic of PE 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 (PE) loop was measured by using a Radiant Technology RT 66a and an amplifier. The change of PE 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 PE loop appears with the increase of frequency
measured(e.g.>100 Hz), the higher the frequency, the larger the PE loop, which differs from that of normal ferroelectrics.

Key words: relaxor ferroelectrics, normal frroelectrics, hysteresis loop

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