Ap. Singh et al., LOW-TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS OF CHEMICALLY HOMOGENEOUS LEAD-ZIRCONATE-TITANATE (PZT) POWDERS BY A SEMI-WET METHOD, Journal of Materials Science, 28(18), 1993, pp. 5050-5055
A semi-wet procedure for the synthesis of single-phase Pb(ZrxTi1-x)O3
powders at 600-degrees-C is described. The ultrafine powders so obtain
ed do not exhibit tetragonal/rhombohedral distortions until they are s
intered at higher temperatures. The morphotropic phase boundary (MPB)
for these powders, which are chemically homogeneous, lies.between x =
0.52 and 0.53. For x = 0.525, the rhombohedral and tetragonal phases c
oexist.