Microstructure and crystal phases of praseodymium oxides in zinc oxide varistor ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2379-2384

  Lee, Yih Shing ^a   Liao, Kao Shiang ^a   Tseng, Tseung Yuen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; SINTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VARISTORS;

CRYSTAL PHASE; DEFECT REACTION EQUATION; DONOR CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; INTERGRANULAR LAYER; LIQUID PHASE SINTERING; MICRODIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; PRASEODYMIUM OXIDES; SINTERING TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE VARISTOR CERAMICS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0030243140     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08986.x     Document Type: Article

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