The formation and sintering of PbTiO
3 containing a small amount of PbO-TiO
2-Al
2O
3-SiO
2 glass were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, electron microscopy, dilatometry and the measurement of isothermal shrinkage.
The rate of formation of PbTiO
3 from PbO and TiO
2 containing 0.01 wt % glass was determined. Reaction isotherms were best described by the Jander's equation. The apparent activation energy of the reaction was about 50 kcal/mol.
The PbTiO
3 powder was mixed with 0.005 or 0.01 wt % glass powder, pressed into pellets at 1 ton/ cm
2, and heated at 1100-1200°C for 1-2 hr in various atmospheres. All the sintered specimens had grain size of 0.5-2μ and a bulk density of 7.23-7.63g/cm
3. The density of 7.63 g/cm
3 was obtained by heating at 1120°C for 1 hr in the oxygen atmosphere. The order of the sinterability in various atmospheres of PbTiO
3 contained the glass was O
2>PbO>air>N
2. This fact suggests that the sintering of PbTiO
3 is affected by partial pressure of oxygen.
The mechanism of initial sintering in PbTiO
3 contained 0.01 wt % the glass was studied by isothermal shrinkage at temperatures ranging from 900°to 1050°C in air and oxygen. Time dependence of the shrinkage was consistent with the mechanism based on grain boundary diffusion in air and volume diffusion in oxygen, and the activation energies for sintering processes were about 46 kcal/mol and 76 kcal/ mol, respectively. Comparison our data with others suggests that the diffusion of Pb
2+ in air and Ti
4+ in oxygen control the initial sintering.
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