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Lead zirconate titanate ceramics
Assignee: United States Department of the Navy
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Filing: 1985-06-26
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Granted: 1986-12-02
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Expires: 2005-06-26
Abstract
Abstract Lead zirconate titanate ceramics comprise from about 92 to 99.0 weight percent of lead zirconate and lead titanate in ratio from 0.505 to 0.54:0.495 to 0.46 respectively, from about 0.5 to about 2 weight percent of one or more fluorides or chlorides of an alkali metal or alkaline earth except francium or radium, and 0.5 to 6 weight percent of one or more oxides of magnesium, barium, chromium, scandium, aluminum, lanthanium, praesodymium, neodymium or samarium. The ceramic after pressing is annealed at a temperature from about 1050 DEG to 1350 DEG C. Ceramic elements made from the above ceramics are useful as sonar and microphone transducers.
Inventors
- 👤 Basil E. Walker, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 15:00
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/01; C04B35/48; C04B35/49; C04B35/491; H; H10; H10N; H10N30/00; H10N30/80; H10N30/85; H10N30/853
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A lead zirconate titanate (PZT) piezoelectric ceramic composition which, based on total composition weight, consists essentially of a solid solution of lead zirconate and lead titanate in a PbZrO 3 :PbTiO 3 ratio from about 0.505:0.495 to about 0.54:0.46; a halide salt selected from the group consisting of fluorides and chlorides of alkali metal and alkaline earth elements and mixtures thereof except for francium and radium in an amount from about 0.5 to 2 weight percent; and an oxide selected from the group consisting of magnesium, barium, scandium, aluminum, lanthanum, praesodymium, neodymium, samarium, and mixtures thereof in an amount from about 0.5 to about 6 weight percent, the relative amount of oxide being from about 1 to about 4 times that of said halide.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A lead zirconate titanate (PZT) piezoelectric ceramic composition which, based on total composition weight, consists essentially of a solid solution of lead zirconate and lead titanate in a PbZrO 3 :PbTiO 3 ratio from about 0.505:0.495 to about 0.54:0.46; a halide salt selected from the group consisting of fluorides and chlorides of alkali metal and alkaline earth elements and mixtures thereof except for francium and radium in an amount from about 0.5 to 2 weight percent; and an oxide selected from the group consisting of magnesium, barium, scandium, aluminum, lanthanum, praesodymium, neodymium, samarium, and mixtures thereof in an amount from about 0.5 to about 6 weight percent, the relative amount of oxide being from about 1 to about 4 times that of said halide.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The PZT ceramic composition of claim 1 wherein said halide is selected from the group consisting of fluorides and chlorides of lithium, sodium, magnesium, barium and mixtures thereof and said oxide is selected from the group consisting of magnesium, lanthanum, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The PZT ceramic composition of claim 2 wherein said ratio of lead zirconate to lead titanate is from 0.53:0.47 to 0.54:0.46.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
71 words
The PZT ceramic composition of claim 3, wherein: said halide is selected from the group consisting of lithium or barium fluoride, lithium or barium chloride, and mixtures thereof and is in an amount from 0.75 to 1.5 weight percent; said oxide is lanthanum oxide in an amount from 3 to 4 weight percent; and the remainder of said PZT ceramic composition is said solid solution of lead zirconate and lead titanate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The PZT ceramic composition of claim 4 wherein said halide is lithium fluoride in an amount of 1 weight percent and said oxide is lanthanum oxide in an amount of 4 weight percent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The PZT ceramic composition of claim 4 wherein said halide is barium fluoride and said oxide is lanthanum oxide in an amount of 4 weight percent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
The PZT ceramic composition of claim 3 wherein: said halide is selected from the group consisting of lithium or barium fluoride, lithium or barium chloride, and mixtures thereof and is in an amount from 0.75 to 1.5 weight percent; said oxide is magnesium oxide and is in an amount from 1.8 to 2.5 weight percent; and the remainder of said PZT ceramic composition is said solid solution of lead zirconate and lead titanate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The PZT ceramic composition of claim 7 wherein said halide is lithium chloride in an amount of 1 weight percent and said oxide is magnesium oxide in an amount of 2 weight percent.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
74 words
The PZT ceramic composition of claim 3 wherein: said halide is selected from the group from lithium fluoride or chloride, barium fluoride or chloride, and mixtures thereof; said oxide is a mixture of magnesium oxide in an amount from 1.5 to 2.5 weight percent and lanthanum oxide in an amount from 3.5 to 4.5 weight percent; and the remainder of said PZT ceramic composition is said solid solution of lead zirconate and lead titanate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The PZT ceramic composition of claim 2 wherein said halide is in an amount from 1 to 2 weight percent and said oxide is an amount from 1 to 4 weight percent.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
The PZT ceramic composition of claim 10 wherein said ratio of lead zirconate to lead titanate is from 0.53:0.47 to 0.54:0.46.
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