%0 Journal Article %T Dielectric and piezoelectric properties of Ba(Zr xTi1-x)O3 lead-free ceramics %A Li %A Wei %A Xu %A Zhijun %A Chu %A Ruiqing %A Fu %A Peng %A Zang %A Guozhong %J Brazilian Journal of Physics %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0103-97332010000300018 %X lead-free ceramics ba(zrxti1-x)o3 (x = 0.02-0.2) were prepared using a solid-state reaction technique. the structural and electrical properties were systemically investigated. crystalline structures and microstructures were analyzed by x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope (sem) at room temperature. all the samples possess pure perovskite structure. a small amount of zr content has great effect on the microstructure of ba(zrxti1-x)o3 ceramics. the homogeneous microstructure with grain size about 30¦Ìm is obtained for the sample at x = 0.05. the phase transitions merge together in one peak for the samples at x = 0.10 and the highest dielectric constant 15900 is obtained for the sample at x = 0.15. the ba(zrxti1-x)o3 ceramics at x=0.05 exhibit excellent piezoelectric properties of high d33 = 208 pc/n, kp = 31.5% and qm = 500. %K ceramics %K microstructure %K dielectric properties %K piezoelectric properties. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-97332010000300018&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en