CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF A NEW TIN DIOXIDE-BASED (SNO2-CO, AL, NB) VARISTOR

Citation
Pn. Santhosh et al., CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF A NEW TIN DIOXIDE-BASED (SNO2-CO, AL, NB) VARISTOR, Journal of materials research, 12(2), 1997, pp. 326-328
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
ISSN journal
08842914
Volume
12
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
326 - 328
Database
ISI
SICI code
0884-2914(1997)12:2<326:CSOANT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A new varistor composition based on SnO2 doped with Co, Al, and Nb has been successfully synthesized by a chemical route. It exhibits excell ent nonlinear current-voltage (I-V) characteristics with alpha approxi mate to 72 and E(lmA) approximate to 1820 V/mm.