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Liquid Phase Sintering and Microwave Dielectric Properties of NdAlO3 Ceramics

The effects of CuO addition on the microstructures and microwave dielectric properties of NdAlO3 ceramics were investigated. CuO was selected as a liquid-phase-sintering aid to lower the sintering temperature of NdAlO3 ceramics. With CuO addition, the sintering temperature of NdAlO3 can be effectively reduced from 1650°C to 1410–1430°C. The crystalline phase exhibited no phase differences at a low addition level while Nd4Al2O9 and NdAl11O18 were presented as second phases at the addition level higher than 0.5 wt%. The quality factors Q×f were strongly dependent upon the CuO concentration. The Q×f value of 63000 GHz was obtained at 1410–1430°C with 0.25 wt% CuO. For all levels of CuO concentration, the relative dielectric constants were not significantly different and ranged from 21.5 to 22.6. The temperature coefficients varied from -30 ppm/°C to -45 ppm/°C. Results of X-ray diffraction analysis and scanning electron microscopy are also presented.