SODIUM NIOBATE POWDER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CERAMIC, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT

• Main Authors: HAYASHI, Jumpei, FURUTA, Tatsuo, AIBA, Toshiaki, IFUKU, Toshihiro, MASUBUCHI, Tomoaki, KUBOTA, Makoto, WATANABE, Takayuki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.01.2019
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL STONE; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES ORLIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICES, OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSESC01D OR C01F; CONCRETE; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; LIME, MAGNESIA; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE

A sodium niobate powder includes sodium niobate particles having a shape of a cuboid and having a side average length of 0.1 μm or more and 100 μm or less, wherein at least one face of each of the sodium niobate particles is a (100) plane in the pseudocubic notation and a moisture content of the sodium niobate powder is 0.15 mass % or less. A method for producing a ceramic using the sodium niobate powder is provided. A method for producing a sodium niobate powder includes a step of holding an aqueous alkali dispersion liquid containing a niobium component and a sodium component at a pressure exceeding 0.1 MPa, a step of isolating a solid matter from the aqueous dispersion liquid after the holding, and a step of heat treating the solid matter at 500° C. to 700° C.