DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOUR OF MANGANESE MODIFIED STRONTIUM TITANATE CERAMICS SYNTHESIZED BY SOLID STATE CERAMIC ROUTE

Abstract

Various compositions with x=0.01, 0.05, 0.10, 0.20 and 0.30 in the system SrTi 1-x Mn x O 3 were prepared by solid state ceramic route. Compositions with x ≤ 0.10 were found to be single phase solid solution. In this paper, the result of investigations on the effect of manganese substitution in SrTiO 3 on dielectric behaviour for the compositions with x ≤ 0.10, which form single phase solid solution have been reported. Average grain size is small, this may be due to segregation of dopant at grainboundaries. Dielectric measurements were made in the temperature range 150–500K. Measurements of dielectric properties show that there is not much space charge polarisation across the grains and grainboundaries interface. This space charge polarisation only occurs at high temperature and one observes large dispersion of dielectric constant and dissipation factor. At low temperatures, dielectric behaviour follows the character of SrTiO 3 with only difference in the values of dielectric constant.