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Rare-earth doped strontium barium niobates were synthesized using usua
l ceramic technique. The dopants are La, Ce, Gd, Sm and Nd. The materi
als were characterized by XRD and density measurements. The grain size
s were determined from SEM analysis. Lattice parameters changed unifor
mly with rare-earth dopants in unfilled structures. Density measuremen
ts and SEM analysis confirmed only minute changes in the densities of
the ceramics.