文摘
In this study, mechanical activation process was used for intimate mixing as well as producing finely ground particles, increased surface area and improved chemical reactivity of milled materials for producing SrTiOub>3ub> from commercially pure strontium carbonate and TiOub>2ub> as a contributive process. Characterization of milled powder mixture by X-ray diffraction analysis showed that disappearing, decreasing and/or shifting of the patterns occurred with mechanical activation that means amorphization was taken place. Amorphization was also demonstrated by FT-IR analysis where shift of band centers as well as the decrement of transmittance related to COub>3ub> was observed. Advantage of amorphization was established with high-temperature XRD analysis which showed 1300 °C was not enough for non-activated mixture to form SrTiOub>3ub>, whereas structure only composed of SrTiOub>3ub> at 1000 °C for activated ones. The reason for this phenomenon was investigated by DTA-TG analysis, and it was based on energy accumulation originated from mechanical activation that corresponds to peak temperature shifting to the lower temperatures and COub>2ub> liberation at mechanical activation step arising from local temperature rising at the vial during high-energy milling that was understood from peak temperature, and area decrement of endothermic peak corresponds to decomposition of SrCOub>3ub>.