Lead Titanate Ceramics with Positive Temperature Coefficients of Resistivity |
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| Authors: | Makoto Kuwabara |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Tobata, Kitakyshu 804, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Lead titanate ceramics were successfully made into semiconductors exhibiting anomalous positive temperature coefficients of resistivity (PTCR) about 3 orders of magnitude above the Curie point (480° to 490°C). The PTCR characteristics of the materials prepared were found to be unstable and to show a significant degradation in both room-temperature resistivity and magnitude of the PTCR effect with time. The instability of the PTCR characteristics observed in the present materials is considered to be related to the morphologies of their grain structures. |
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| Keywords: | semiconductors lead titanate positive temperature coefficient of resistivity Curie temperature grains |
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