Preparation and electrical properties of multilayer ZnO varistors with water-based tape casting

Ceramics International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 487-492

  Wang, Lanyi ^a,b   Tang, Guoyi ^a   Xu, Zheng Kui ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Tape casting; Varistors; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MULTILAYERS; POWDERS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; VARISTORS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

A STABLES; CERAMIC POWDERS; DISPERSANT; DISPERSANT CONCENTRATIONS; DOPANT DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; FINE GRAINS; FREE SURFACES; GREEN SHEETS; MULTILAYER VARISTORS; TAPE CASTING; TAPE CASTINGS; UNIFORM DOPANT DISTRIBUTIONS; UNIFORM GRAIN SIZES; VISCOSITY PROPERTIES; ZNO; ZNO VARISTORS;

ELECTRIC TAPES;

EID: 55949112142     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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