Sintering of PZT powders in MW furnace at 2·45 GHz

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 19, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 989-992

  Goldstein, A ^a   Kravchik, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Firing; Microwave processing; PZT; Sintering

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); MICROWAVE HEATING; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POWDERS; SINTERING;

CRACKING WARPAGE PROPENSITY; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0032642691     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(98)00359-8     Document Type: Article

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