Synthesis of Barium Titanate Compounds with Enhanced Dielectric Properties at Room Temperature
The addition of 22 mol% of different zirconia containing powders: cubic stabilized zirconia (8YSZ), tetragonal zirconia (TZ3Y), and pure zirconia to barium titanate (BaTiO3) was studied. X-ray diffraction analysis of the sintered compact made of these powder mixtures confirmed the presence of single phase peroviskate-like structure. The microstructure of the sintered samples showed different grain sizes, for different kinds of zirconia additives. The relative permittivity and the dielectric loss of the sintered pellets were measured at different temperatures and frequencies. The highest relative permittivity was obtained for samples having 22 mol% 8YSZ. The yttria addition to barium titanate zirconate had been discussed.
Dielectric Behavior of Yttrium doped Barium-zirconium-titanateCeramics
The ferroelectric behavior of the yttrium-doped barium-zirconium-titanate perovskite ceramics Ba1 xY2x/3Ti.75Zr0.25O3 (with x = 0.0, 0.01, 0. 025, 0.05) has been studied. The room temperature X-ray diraition study suggests that all the compositions have a single-phase cubic symmetry with space group Pm-3m The temperature dependent dielectric constant of the ceramics was investigated in the frequency range from 50 Hz to 1 MHz. The density of the samples was determined using Archimedes’ principle and was found to be 98% of the X-ray density. A broad dielectric anomaly coupled with a shift of the dielectric maximum towards a higher temperature with increasing frequency indicates relaxor-type behavior in the ceramics With increasing in yttrium content, the Curie temperature decreased, except for x = 0.01 where the Curie temperature increased. The relative permittivity decreased and broadened with increasing yttrium content.
Traceability strategy for gear-pitch-measuring instruments: development and calibration of a multiball artifact
There is a strong demand to ensure the traceability of gear-measuring instruments (GMIs). We propose a multiball artifact (MBA) for the evaluation of pitch-measuring accuracy. The aim of the MBA is to transfer the minimum uncertainty from a calibrated value at the National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) to a measured value of GMIs at a shop floor. The MBA is composed of equally spaced high-accuracy balls around an axis. The pitch-measuring accuracy of GMIs is evaluated by measuring the angular pitch deviation of the balls instead of the angular pitch deviation of a gear. We calibrated the angular pitch deviation using a coordinate measuring instrument (CMM) at the NMIJ and adapting a multiple-orientation technique. We proposed a calibration strategy of the angular pitch deviation. The calibration value of the pitch deviation for the MBA at the NMIJ was obtained with a measurement uncertainty (U95) of 0.2 µm. We evaluated the pitch-measuring accuracy of a GMI using the calibrated MBA. Each value of U95 for the cumulative and single pitch deviations for the left and right flanks was less than or equal to 0.5 µm. The small uncertainty was transferred from the NMIJ to the GMI.