Abstract

In this study, we investigated the impact of high-energy milling on the structural and dielectric properties of Pb[Zr(1-x)Tix ]O3 [PZT] ceramics synthesized using the solid-state reaction process. The sample was milled for 2, 4 & 6 hours using a high-energy ball milling machine. The unit cell structure for all of the samples was observed to be monoclinic, according to x-ray diffraction measurements (space group: C1m1). A significant reduction in crystallite size was observed, from 132 nm to 46 nm after 6 hours of milling. The dielectric study indicated a classical ferroelectric type behaviour for the un-milled sample and diffused phase transition for all milled samples. However dielectric constant dropped from 940 to 487 after 6 hours of milling.

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