Structure and microstructure behavior of iron doped potassium sodium niobate powders

Abstract

In this paper, the synthesis and characterization of the potassium sodium niobate doped with iron powders have been studied. Solid-state oxide reaction sintering was used. The powders produced in this work exhibit no homogeneous microstructure, which introduced the growth of random cylindrical structures and will can contribute to the increased porosity ceramics. It was observed average particle size of 3μm, besides, also it was observed the formation of agglomerations and an increase in the size of these clusters with the increase in the amount of iron. The calcination temperature was 950 °C. This is slightly higher than other potassium sodium niobate powders systems. In addition to the physical and microstructural properties, structural properties are presented and analyzed for the first-time using Mössbauer spectroscopy as complementary technique in Fe3+ doped potassium sodium niobate powders. This work is important to state solid physics because establishes the influence of iron in the potassium sodium niobate system, and so the future obtaining of multifunctional materials that have piezoelectric and magnetic properties.