The compaction and sintering behavior of zirconium titanate (ZrTiO4) was investigated by means of the measurement of sintering density and shrinkage, and the observation of microstructure. With increasing the content of Al2O3 additive, Al2O3-modified zirconium titanate samples fired at 1300oC showed the anisotropic shrinkage behavior that the upper region of sintered body has higher sintering shrinkage than the low region. This difference of sintering shrinkage decreased with increasing firing temperature from 1300 to 1400oC. The SEM micrographs of powder compation show that the anisotropic shrinkage behavior is related with non-uniform density in a uniaxial compaction.

The effects of particle size on the surface properties of hydro-thermally synthesized barium titanate powders were investigated by means of particle size analysis, specific surface area, SEM, zeta potential and XPS. Particle sizes were measured by laser light scattering and are in the range of 150 to 1100nm. Zeta potential increased with increasing particle size and it was large minus value in the range of particle size from 500 to 900nm, which seems to be related with the dissolution of ion in these particle sizes from the analysis of surface properties by XPS.

Multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) miniaturization has increased the demand for superfine powder due to its thin dielectric layer. Hydrothermally synthesized powder a pseudo-cubic phase resulting in poor dielectric properties due to size effect and hydroxyl ion inclusion in the lattice. We attempted a superfine (lower than 100 nm) highly tetragonal powder via a solvothermal method without precipitating agent. The lattice parameters and the relative amounts of tetragonal and cubic phases were determined using Rietveld refinement.