Grain growth behavior of Bi2O3-Doped ZnO grains in a multilayer varistor

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1572-1579

  Kuo, Shu Ting ^a   Tuan, Wei Hsing ^a,c   Lao, Yeh Wu ^b   Wen, Chung Kai ^b   Chen, Huey Ru ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WALSIN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GRAIN GROWTH; MULTILAYERS; SINTERING; VARISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

LAMINATED STRUCTURE; MULTILAYER VARISTORS;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EID: 43349105759     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02309.x     Document Type: Article

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