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MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages 572-580Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927605050683
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potassium sodium niobate; synthesis; sintering; scanning electron microscopy; transmission electron microscopy; cube-shaped grains; angular pores; ferroelectric domains
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Using electron microscopy, K0.5Na0.5NbO3 (KNN) ceramics sintered at 1030 degrees C for 8 It and 1100 degrees C for 2 and 24 h was studied. The scanning electron microscopy and X-ray spectrometry revealed that the materials consisted of a matrix phase in which the (Na+K)/Nb ratio corresponded closely to the nominal composition and a small amount of Nb-rich secondary phase. A bimodal microstructure of cube-shaped grains was revealed in the fracture and thermally-etched surfaces of the KNN. In the ceramics sintered at 1100 degrees C, the larger grains (up to 30 mu m across), contained angular trapped pores. The transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed that the crystal planes of the grains bordering the intragranular pore faces were of the 11001 family with respect to the simple perovskite cell. Ferroelectric domains were observed in the grains of this material.
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