Abstract
The influence of excess PbO on Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–35mol% PbTiO3{001} single crystal growth by seeded polycrystal conversion (SPC) was studied in the range of 0–10 vol% PbO. As in previous studies, additions of PbO increased the boundary mobility significantly, thus facilitating single crystal growth via SPC. Unlike previous studies, single crystals were grown into pore‐free matrices, resulting in different crystal growth kinetics (signifying interface reaction controlled as opposed to diffusion controlled). Porosity was shown to decrease single crystal growth rates by a factor of 2. Additionally, it was found that single crystal and matrix grain growth rates are optimized at 1.5 vol% PbO, as opposed to previous work, which showed that 3 vol% PbO was fastest. Increasing PbO content beyond 1.5 vol% results in growth that is independent of liquid fraction for all annealing times. In addition, the matrix grains were faceted and the growth best‐fit parabolic kinetics so interface reaction control was deemed the most likely growth mechanism.
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