Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Fabrication and Properties of PLZT Ceramic Fiber/Epoxy 1-3 Composites

LI Kun1; LI Jin-Hua2; LI Jin-Chun1; Helen Lai Wah Chan3   

  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Department of Information Science of Jiangsu Polytechnic University; Changzhou 213016; China; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Kowloon; Hong Kong; China
  • Received:2003-02-24 Revised:2003-03-31 Published:2004-03-20 Online:2004-03-20

Abstract: Using lead acetate, lanthanum acetate, zirconium oxide acetate and titanium butoxide as precursors, lanthanum doped lead zirconate titanate gel fibers were fabricated by the sol-gel method. After being
prolyzed and sintered, The PLZT ceramic fibers with a diameter of 25μm were obtained. The morphology and cross-section of the fibers were studied by SEM. The micrographs show that, these
ceramic fibers are dense and uniform. The density of the fibers is 7.78×103kg/m3, which was measured by Archimedes method. For a PLZT fiber/epoxy 1-3 composite disk with a diameter
of 4.4mm, a thickness of 43μm and ceramic volume fraction of 0.7, its piezoelectric coefficient d33 and electromechanic coefficient kt are 410pC/N and 0.631, respectively.

Key words: ceramic fiber, 1-3 composites, sol-gel, PLZT

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