Thermal analysis of formation of nano-crystalline BaTiO3 using Ba(NO3)2 and TiO2
The reaction of Ba(NO3)2 with TiO2 was studied by thermogravimetric (TG) and differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) techniques up to 1000?C and in nitrogen atmosphere. It was found that the formation of BaTiO3 takes place above 600?C and that precursor mixing time and heating rate have no effect on the reaction temperature. BaTiO3 powder was prepared by calcination of Ba(NO3)2 and TiO2 precursor mixture at 800?C for 8 h. X-ray diffraction analysis of the synthesized BaTiO3 confirmed the formation of tetragonal phase with lattice parameters a = 3.9950?0.0003? and c = 4.0318?0.0004?. Thermal analysis of the synthesized BaTiO3 powder showed weight loss within temperature range 40-1000?C of only 0.40%. This small amount of weight loss was connected with some impurity phase, and identified as BaCO3 using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) technique.