One Step Synthesis of Lead Zirconate Titanate Ceramic Using a Solid State Reaction Method

Abstract

Lead zirconate titanate PbZr^(1-x)Ti^xO³ (PZT) particles were synthesized at x of 0.48 using a solid-state reaction (SSR) method at various operating temperatures of 700 – 1000 °C. Prior to the solid-state reaction in a muffle furnace, the precursor powder was shaker milled for two hours. The structural analysis of the particles diffraction patterns reveals the formation of perovskite structure of PZT particles and the coexistence of tetragonal and rombhohedral phase at the samples synthesized at temperatures of 800 and 900 °C. The crystallite size of particles synthesized at 1000 °C and commercial were 36.00 and 47.98 nm, respectively. The synthesized particles were non-spherical and showed the formation of bimodal particle size distribution with sizes of 5 – 20 μm. In conclusion, PZT particles have been successfully synthesized via a one-step synthesis using SSR method with a pre-mixed shaker milling.