Formation of varistor characteristics by the grain-boundary penetration of ZnO-PrOx liquid into ZnO ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3065-3068

  Chun, Sung Yong ^a   Shinozaki, Kazuo ^a   Mizutani, Nobuyasu ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; SINTERING; VARISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

LIQUID PENETRATION; NONLINEARITY COEFFICIENTS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0033226095     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb02203.x     Document Type: Article

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