%0 Journal Article %T Efeito da adi£¿£¿o de ¨®xido de zinco e de ¨®xido de boro nas propriedades do zirconato de b¨¢rio dopado com ¨ªtrio %A Andrade %A T. F. %A Muccillo %A R. %J Ceramica %D 2011 %I Associa??o Brasileira de Cer?mica %R 10.1590/S0366-69132011000200018 %X bazr0.8y0.2o3-¦Äprotonic conductors, prepared by the ceramic route, were pressed and sintered with zno and b2o3 sintering aids. the sintered pellets were analyzed by x-ray diffraction and impedance spectroscopy. polished and thermally etched surfaces of the pellets were observed in a scanning probe microscope. the highest values of apparent density, 95%t.d., were obtained with 2 and 5 wt.% zno. the lowest value of electrical resistivity was evaluated in the yttrium-doped barium zirconate compounds with 5 wt.% zno. boron oxide and zinc oxide sintering aids were efficient to improve the apparent density as well as the electrical conductivity of bazr0.8y0.2o3-¦Äprotonic conductors. %K barium zirconate %K boron oxide %K zinc oxide %K impedance spectroscopy %K protonic conductor. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0366-69132011000200018&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en