Evaluation of rare earth oxides doping SnO2.(Co1/4,Mn3/4)O-based varistor system



Document title: Evaluation of rare earth oxides doping SnO2.(Co1/4,Mn3/4)O-based varistor system
Journal: Materials research
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000312924
ISSN: 1516-1439
Authors: 1




Institutions: 1Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Instituto de Quimica, Araraquara, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: Jul-Sep
Volumen: 9
Number: 3
Pages: 339-343
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental
English abstract The present paper aims to verify the inuence of rare earth oxide such as lanthanum (La2O3) and neodymium (Nd2O3) doping SnO2 + 0.25%CoO + 0.75%MnO2 + 0.05%Ta2O5 system. The analysis focus on microstructural inuence on electrical properties. Microstructural analysis were made by using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) at different regions of the samples. From such analysis it was found that La2O3 and Nd2O3 oxides cause heterogeneous segregation and precipitation at grain boundary concerning cobalt and manganese, decreasing the nonohmic electrical properties, as discussed, likely due to the increasing of grain boundary non-active potential barriers
Disciplines: Ingeniería,
Química
Keyword: Ingeniería de materiales,
Química analítica,
Cerámica,
Varistores,
Tierras raras
Keyword: Engineering,
Chemistry,
Materials engineering,
Analytical chemistry,
Ceramics,
Varistors,
Rare earths
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