Kinetics and Mechanism of the Microwave Synthesis of Barium Titanate

Abstract

AbstractThe formation kinetics of BaTiO3from the solid-state BaCO3and TiO2powder in a microwave field was investigated. The quantitative XRD analysis and the model considered the volume change between reactant and product were used in this experiment. Results show that the formation rate of BaTiO3in a microwave field is much faster than upon conventional heating. The activation energy of the solid state reaction for BaTiO3was measured as 58 kJ/mol. This indicates the enhancement of diffusion by the microwave heating process.