Preparation of Bi sub(4)Ti sub(3)O sub(12) (BIT) Ceramics via a High-Energy Ball Milling Process Doped with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWNTs)

We prepared the Nano-sized bismuth titanate Bi sub(4)Ti sub(3)O sub(12) (BIT) powders, through a high-energy ball milling process from their oxides Bi sub(2)O sub(3) and TiO sub(2). This BIT phase can be formed after a milling process for 40 min. With an increasing milling time, this particle size o...

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Published in:Materials sciences and applications 2013-09, Vol.4 (9), p.549-555
Main Authors: Pinheiro, Alexandre Goncalves, Saraiva, Gilberto Dantas, Filho, Josue Mendes, Sombra, Antonio Sergio Bezerra
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Language:English
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Ball milling
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Summary:We prepared the Nano-sized bismuth titanate Bi sub(4)Ti sub(3)O sub(12) (BIT) powders, through a high-energy ball milling process from their oxides Bi sub(2)O sub(3) and TiO sub(2). This BIT phase can be formed after a milling process for 40 min. With an increasing milling time, this particle size of mixture is gradually reduced, thus, we have mostly an amorphous phase. The BIT ceramics were duly obtained by sintering the synthesized powders at temperatures ranging from 850 degree C to 1000 degree C. The BIT ceramics sintered at 1020 degree C for 1 h, exhibiting a density with 7.52 g/cm super(3) of a crystaline phase and a dielectric of K = 288.11 (100 Hz), as well as a dielectric loss of 0.05 (100 kHz). The High-energy ball milling process is a promising way to prepare BIT ceramics. After the preparation of the BIT, we doped it with the Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes which are properly obtained by a chemical vapour deposition (CVD), using nickel as a catalyst, as well as using acetilene at 720 degree C, and then proceeded with the dielectric and optical measurements.
ISSN:2153-117X
2153-1188
DOI:10.4236/msa.2013.49067