Effect of Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Sintering of Lead-Free KNL-NTS Ceramics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Starting Materials
2.2. Powder Calcination
2.3. Sintering Processes
2.4. Characterization Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sintering Process | Temperature (°C) | Dwell Time (min) | Density (g·cm−1) | Relative Density (%) | d33 (pC·N−1) |
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Conventional | 1100 | 120 | 4.37 ± 0.02 | 92.6 ± 0.1 | 145 ± 0.2 |
Conventional | 1100 | 960 | 4.41 ± 0.01 | 93.4 ± 0.1 | 168 ± 0.2 |
Microwave | 950 | 10 | 4.34 ± 0.03 | 92.0 ± 0.1 | 11 ± 0.1 |
Microwave | 1000 | 10 | 4.35 ± 0.01 | 92.2 ± 0.1 | 13 ± 0.1 |
Microwave | 1050 | 10 | 4.36 ± 0.02 | 92.4 ± 0.1 | 15 ± 0.1 |
Microwave | 1050 | 20 | 4.38 ± 0.02 | 92.8 ± 0.1 | 10 ± 0.1 |
Microwave | 1050 | 30 | 4.38 ± 0.01 | 92.8 ± 0.1 | 12 ± 0.1 |
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Lagunas-Chavarría, A.; Navarro-Rojero, M.G.; Salvador, M.D.; Benavente, R.; Catalá-Civera, J.M.; Borrell, A. Effect of Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Sintering of Lead-Free KNL-NTS Ceramics. Materials 2022, 15, 3773. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15113773
Lagunas-Chavarría A, Navarro-Rojero MG, Salvador MD, Benavente R, Catalá-Civera JM, Borrell A. Effect of Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Sintering of Lead-Free KNL-NTS Ceramics. Materials. 2022; 15(11):3773. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15113773
Chicago/Turabian StyleLagunas-Chavarría, Anggel, María Guadalupe Navarro-Rojero, María Dolores Salvador, Rut Benavente, Jose Manuel Catalá-Civera, and Amparo Borrell. 2022. "Effect of Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Sintering of Lead-Free KNL-NTS Ceramics" Materials 15, no. 11: 3773. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15113773