Effect of neodymium and samarium on the properties of bismuth titanate ceramics

• Main Authors: Al-Amani, Umar, Ahmad Fauzi , Mohd Noor, Yusliza, Yusuf, Nooririnah, Omar, Noraiham, Mohamad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/14322/1/AMM_761.2015.jpg; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/14322/; http://doi:10.2408/www.scientific.net/AMM.761.397; http://doi:10.2408/www.scientific.net/AMM.761.397

This paper reported the doping effect on BIT by two different rare-earth compounds i.e. Nd and Sm, each at different mole content (0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1.0 mol). The so-called single-step combustion synthesis was used to produce the as-combusted powders, whereby the intermed...