Doctoral Dissertations
Abstract
"The stability of BaTiO3-type insulators to DC fields has long been recognized as one of the important factors in determining the quality of a capacitor which uses such a material as its dielectric. The slow increase of the electrical conductivity of an insulator which is stressed by DC fields at levels below the breakdown strength is normally termed degradation. Since degradation is a very common malady to the ceramic capacitor manufacturers, many studies have been conducted over the past two decades in efforts to learn how to remedy the problem.
The results of previous studies have shown that certain dopants (present both as intentional additives and as impurities), the Ba:Ti ratio, and hydroxyl content greatly influence the degradation process. Since all of the studies have been carried out on ill-defined commercial materials, no correlation between defect structure and degradation has been possible. It was the intent of this present investigation to study degradation in well-defined BaTiO3 (both high purity and intentionally doped) with the intent of developing a defect model which can be used to explain the influence of dopants and Ba:Ti ratio upon degradation.
High purity BaTiO3 powder was prepared by a chemical preparation technique which allows the ratio of cations and dopant levels to be precisely controlled. The DC current-voltage characteristics of sintered discs were measured as a function of both time and temperature.
Undoped BaTiO3 with a Ba:Ti ratio less than unity had the greatest tendency to degrade. Undoped and acceptor doped material with a Ba:Ti ratio greater than unity had a high resistance to degradation. Donor and acceptor doping with a Ba:Ti ratio less than unity improved the degradation resistance while donor doping with a Ba:Ti ratio greater than one increased the degradation.
To explain the observed behavior, a model is presented that includes the effect of acceptors, donors, and the Ba:Ti ratio on the degradation process"--Abstract, pages ii-iii.
Advisor(s)
Anderson, H. U. (Harlan U.)
Committee Member(s)
Wuttig, Manfred
Sorrell, Charles A.
James, William Joseph
Lewis, Gordon
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Degree Name
Ph. D. in Ceramic Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
1976
Pagination
ix, 119 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-106).
Rights
© 1976 Jeffrey Duncan Keck, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Thesis Number
T 4106
Print OCLC #
5985380
Electronic OCLC #
1086609022
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Keck, Jeffrey Duncan, "Electrical degradation in high purity barium titanate" (1976). Doctoral Dissertations. 405.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/405