Abstract:
A perovskite-type composite oxide Ba
1.0Co
0.7Fe
0.2Nb
0.1O
3-δ(BCFN) was successfully synthesized by solid state reaction with BaCO
3, Co
3O
4, Fe
2O
3 and Nb
2O
5 powders as raw materials. The synthetical process and morphology of BCFN fine particles were studied by non-isothermal thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction analysis, and scanning electron microscope. The results show that during the synthesis process, BaCO
3、BaFeO
2.9 and BasNb
4O
15 phases firstly appeared, and after 10 h sintering at 1473 K, a cubic perovskite-type oxide Ba
1.0Co
0.7Fe
0.2Nb
0.1O
3-δ was synthesized. The overall reaction process is considered involving two stages. The first stage is addition reaction between BaCO
3 and CO
3O
4, Fe
2O
3, Nb
2O
5 particles and the second is solid solution reaction between BaCoO
3 and BaFeO
2.9, Ba
5Nb
4O
15 phases formed in the first stage. Oxygen escaping was observed during the second stage.