Abstract
CaCu3Ti3.925(Nb0.5Al0.5)0.075O12 [CCTNAO] ceramics were synthesized by microwave assisted solid state reaction technique. CCTNAO ceramics possessed room temperature (RT) dielectric constant (εr) ∼ 24,173 with tanδ ∼0.149 at 1 kHz frequency. Commercially available epoxy-resin, hardener, Al-powder along with CCTNAO powder were used to prepare epoxy based 0–3 composites. Maximum εr ∼33.37 with tanδ ∼0.107 at RT were obtained for 40 vol% CCTNAO loading in epoxy. For x = 0.2 in (1-x)[0.8 Epoxy-0.2 CCTNAO]-x Al Epoxy composites, highest εr ∼77.6 with tanδ ∼ 0.15 at 1 kHz frequency were observed. Increase in εr with the increase of Al filler content in composites is attributed to interfacial polarization and cluster formations. Different theoretical models were discussed to explain the dielectric properties of synthesized composites. Experimentally measured values of εeff were in close agreement with EMT model (n = 0.13) and Yamada Model (η = 7). An empirical proposed power law εeff = εm(1+x)n, with n ∼ 10 had a considerable agreement with the experimental results. Vickers hardness test study was carried out to ascertain the mechanical properties of the synthesized composites.
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