Abstract

Single crystals of Sr 2 Ta 2 O 7 and Sr 2 Nb 2 O 7 are grown by a floating zone technique. Strontium tantalate belongs to D 2 h 14 or D 2 h 17 space group at room temperature. Ferroelectric phase transition temperature is -107°C. The Curie-Weiss temperature θ 0 and the Curie constant C P are: θ 0 =161 K(=-112°C) and C P =0.84×10 5 K. Spontaneous polarization and coercive field are 1.9 µC/cm 2 and 0.4 kV/cm at -190°C, respectively. Strontium niobate belongs to C 2υ 12 space group at room temperature. Its ferroelectric phase transition occurs at T c =1342±2°C, with θ 0 = T c and C P =1.2×10 5 K, and second phase transition occurs at -156°C. Solid solution Sr 2 (Ta 1- x ·Nb x ) 2 O 7 exists in the entire composition range and its ferroelectric phase transition temperature increases markedly from -107°C to 1342°C, according to the increase of x . Phase transition temperatures of other solid solutions, partially replacing Sr by Ca, Pb or Ba, are also studied on ceramic samples.

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