Effects of Excess Barium Ions on Aqueous Barium Titanate Tape Properties

The effects of excess free barium ions in aqueous barium titanate slip on the resulting BaTiO₃ tape properties were investigated in terms of the slip behavior, green/sintered tape density and morphology, and dielectric properties. The excess free barium ions expressed by means of the Ba/Ti ratio adversely affected most tape properties. Increase in the slip viscosity, green porosity, and agglomeration along with a decrease in mechanical properties and green/sintered density were found with the increase in the Ba/Ti ratio. However, dielectric permittivity was increased with increase in the Ba/Ti ratio. An effort was made to correlate these phenomena with Ba²⁺ leaching in water for realistic multilayer ceramic capacitor applications.