A study of the dielectric properties of PZT and PT ceramics depending on the lattice distortion

Depending on the lattice distortion, the dielectric properties of PZT and PT ceramics are studied from a structural phase transition point of view. The study involves a more profound physical process than the study of the relation between the dielectric properties and composition x. Two equations connecting the dielectric properties and the lattice distortions are established in the tetragonal and rhombohedral phase regions. In particular, the relation between the dielectric properties and the lattice distortion is investigated in the phase coexistence region of PZT ceramics using a phase statistical distribution model, and we determine the fitting value of the volume fraction of the tetragonal phase VT to composition x in the equation. All the fitting results indicate that our results are very consistent with the related experimental data for PZT and PT ceramics.PACS Nos.: 64.70.–p, 77.22.–d, 77.84.–s