Elaboration and characterization by XRD and SEM of the glass-ceramics in BaTiO3 – NaPO3 system
M. Azrour, L. Bih, L. Abbas, Y. El Amraoui, H. Khemakhem, D. Mezzane, A. Nadiri
Abstract
There is a strong need for low cost glass-ceramic materials whose high chemical stability and dielectric properties can be engineered flexibly in bulk and fiber forms. Therefore we have manufactured transparent ferroelectric glass-ceramics consisting of barium titanate (BT) crystallites in a chain metaphosphate glass matrix. Several glass compositions, in the series (1-x) NaPO3 – x BaTiO3 have been prepared by a conventional melt quenching method. The compositions have been selected on the basis of chemical stability. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) indicate the formation of small particle size of BaTiO3 in the glass network when its amount is above 4 mol%.