Piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramics sintered body
US8414791B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 2010 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC04B2235/79
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic sintered body has a microstructure in which a matrix phase and an additional material phase having different compositions coexist and the additional material phase is dispersed in the matrix phase. A residual strain ratio of the additional material phase alone is larger than a residual strain ratio of the matrix phase alone. The matrix phase and the additional material phase have a composition in which a Mn compound containing Mn atoms of 0 parts by mole or more and 3 parts by mole or less and a Ba compound containing Ba atoms of 0 parts by mole or more and 1 part by mole or less are contained in a composite of 100 parts by mole represented by a general formula {Liy(Na1-xKx)1-y}a(Nb1-z-wTazSbw)O3, where a, x, y, z and w satisfy 0.9≦a≦1.2, 0.2≦x≦0.8, 0.0≦y≦0.2, 0≦z≦0.5 and 0≦w≦0.1, respectively.
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