For the aim of low-temperature co-fired ceramic microwave components, sintering behavior and microwave properties (dielectric constant , quality factor Q, and temperature coefficient of resonant frequency ) are investigated in [BCZN] ceramics with addition of . The specimens are prepared by conventional ceramic processing technique. As the main result, it is demonstrated that the additives () show the effect of lowering of sintering temperature and improvement of microwave properties at the optimum additive content. The addition of 0.25 wt% lowers the sintering temperature to utilizing liquidphase sintering and show the microwave dielectric properties (dielectric constant = 75, quality factor = 572 GHz, temperature coefficient of resonance frequency ). The estimated microwave dielectric properties with addition (increase of , decrease of , shift of to negative values) can be explained by the observed microstrucure (sintered density, abnormal grain structure) and possibly high-permittivity (BZN) phase determined by X-ray diffraction.

High temperature dielectric constants of the various ceramic materials have been measured using cavity perturbation method. The measurements were applied to refractory, traditional and fine ceramic powder compacts from room temperature to . Calibration constant in the equation suggested by Hutcheon et al., was determined from the dielectric constants of reference specimen (teflon and alumina) at room temperature. From these results, informations on the refectory materials were obtained for the microwave kiln design and understanding of the microwave heating effects of ceramics have been improved.

We present a systematic study of the heating and pre-sintering behavior of porous copper powder metal compacts. We employ a TE102 single mode microwave system to position the samples in the separated electric field (E) or magnetic field (H) anti-node of the cavity. We observe significant differences in the heating, pre-sintering, and microstructure evolution of the samples due to the individual fields. We note that sample history (whether heated first in the E-field or H-field) greatly effects a difference in heating trends and subsequent heating behavior and does not appear to be solely a thermal process.

WC-6wt%Co hard metal powders were sintered by a 2.45 GHz multimode microwave applicator in Ar atmosphere. Microwave sintering of WC-6wt%Co powder lowered the sintering temperature and shortened the processing time in less than two hours than by a conventional method. Microstructures of the sintered specimen were studied with scanning electron microscope (SEM) and no abnormal grain growth was observed. Mechanical properties were similar to the values of the specimens sintered by a conventional method. Specimen sintered at 135 for 30 minutes ,hewed 99%, 20.5 GPa and 8.1 MPa of theoretical density, hardness and fracture strength, respectively.

(1-x)CaTi O3-xLa(Z n12/ Ti12/) O3의 마이크로 유전특성을 조사하였다. x가 증가함에 따라 비유전율과 공진주파수의 온도계수는 감소하였으며, Qㆍ f0는 증가하였다. 그 결과 x=0.5인 (C a0.5L a0.5)( Ti0.75Z n0.25) O3의 조성에서 εr=51, Qㆍ f0=38,000 (at 7 GHz), τf=+5ppm/˚C의 유전특성이 나타났다. (C a0.5L a0.5)( Ti0.75Z n0.25) O3조성의 소결온도를 저하시키기 위하여 B i2 O3를 주조성으로한 소결체를 첨가하여 소결 및 유전특성을 조사하였다. 1wt% 0.76B i2 O3-0.24NiO가 첨가된 경우 소결온도는 150˚C 낮아졌으며, 비유전율 (εr), 공진주파수의 온도계수(τf), Qㆍ f0가 각각 50+5ppm/˚C, 35,000인 마이크로파 유전특성이 얻어졌다. 또한 3wt%의 0.76B i2 O3-0.24NiO가 첨가된 경우 소결온도는 200˚C 저하되었고, 비유전율 (εr)과 공진주파수의 온도계수 (τf)는 변하기 않았으나, Qㆍ f0값이 38,000에서 25,000으로 저하되었다. 25,000으로 저하되었다.되었다.되었다.되었다.