X-ray and dielectric study of the phase transition in PbFe1/2Nb1/2O3-PbCo1/2W1/2O3 ceramics

A phase analysis in the solid solution of (1-x) PbFe1/2Nb1/2O3-xPbCo1/2W1/2O3 is conducted by dielectric properties, heat capacity and E-P hysteresis at x=0.1 interval. Lattice constants and superlattice intensity are analyzed by the x-ray diffraction, and the temperature - composition phase diagram is determined. The system is found to form a solid solution of perovskite structure throughout the entire composition range, but the nature of phase transitions changes from ferroelectric-paraelectric for $0{\leq}x{\leq}0.5$ to antiferroelectric-paraelectric for $0.6{\leq}x{\leq}1.0$. The transitions of ferroelectric-paraelectric and antiferroelectric-paraelectric for $0.2{\leq}x{\leq}0.5$ and for $0.6{\leq}x{\leq}0.8$, respectively, are diffuse, while those of the ferroelectric-paraelectric and the antiferroelectric-paraelectric for $0.0{\leq}x{\leq}0.1$ and $0.9{\leq}x{\leq}1.0$, respectively are sharp.