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Dielectric behaviour of high-pressure (1 − x)PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3xPbAl1/2Nb1/2O3 ceramics

N M Olekhnovich1, Yu V Radyush2, N P Vyshatko1,2, A N Salak1,2,3 and V M Ferreira2

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Dielectric properties of perovskite solid solutions in the (1 − x)PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3xPbAl1/2Nb1/2O3 system synthesized under high pressure and high temperature were studied. It has been found that the dielectric response of the high-pressure ceramics with x < 0.2 changes from two-phase behaviour to a solely relaxor one when annealing at elevated temperatures. The dielectric response of the ceramics and its evolution are considered in terms of an ordering action of the high-pressure synthesis and the opposite effect of the annealing process. The peculiarities of dielectric characteristics indicate the morphotropic phase boundary in the system at about x = 0.2. The local symmetry of the polar regions at the ranges above and below the boundary is discussed.


PACS

62.50.-p High-pressure effects in solids and liquids

81.05.Je Ceramics and refractories (including borides, carbides, hydrides, nitrides, oxides, and silicides)

77.22.-d Dielectric properties of solids and liquids

81.40.Ef Cold working, work hardening; annealing, post-deformation annealing, quenching, tempering recovery, and crystallization

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Dates

Issue 8 (21 April 2005)

Received 21 November 2004, in final form 7 February 2005

Published 1 April 2005



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