The Effect of Calcination Temperature on the Structural Properties of BaTiO₃ and (Ba_0.85Ca_0.15)(Zr_0.1Ti_0.9)O₃ Using the SSR Method

Abstract

This paper studies how the various calcination temperatures affect the structural properties of Barium Titanate (BaTiO3) and (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Zr0.1Ti0.9) (BCZT) using solid-state reaction methods. BaTiO3 and BCZT powders are calcined at various temperatures ranging from 1100°C–1300°C. Using X-ray diffraction, the phase formation, crystal structure and crystallite size of BaTiO3 and BCZT powders were determined. The cubic crystal structure has been formed for BaTiO3 and BCZT. At 1200°C, the reaction between BaCO3 and TiO2 was complete to produce BaTiO3 composition. For BCZT composition were not fully react based on the phase structure in XRD due to impurity peak. Next, the crystallite size of BaTiO3 powder becomes larger with increasing calcination temperature. Meanwhile, BCZT crystallite size becomes smaller when the calcination temperature is increased has discussed at the end of this paper.