A new tantalate compound KSr 2Ta 3O 10 was synthesized by solid state reaction for the first time in the ternary system K 2O SrO Ta 2O 5, and its single crystals were prepared using flux method. The chemical compositions, crystal structure, optical property, density and melting point of the new compound were characterized by EPMA, XRD, DTA and so on. KSr 2Ta 3O 10 crystallizes the orthorhombic system with unit cell parameters a= 0.784 4(1) nm, b =0.777 0(1) nm, c =3.012 7(1) nm and space group P 2 12 12 1, Z =8. The structure may be described as treble perovskite sheets [Sr 2Ta 3O 10 ] - interleaved with K +. Further, it was found that KSr 2Ta 3O 10 has intercalation phenomenon. Na +, Li +, H +, NH + 4 could exchange the interlayer cations K + of KSr 2Ta 3O 10 , and n hexylamine also could intercalate into the place between the layers of [Sr 2Ta 3O 10 ] -. [WT5HZ]
A New Niobate Ba 5LaTi 2Nb 3O 18 was synthesized by a high temperature solid state reaction in the BaO-La 2O 3-TiO 2-Nb 2O 5 system. The chemical compositions, crystal structure, microstructure, density and melting point of the new compound were characterized by EPMA, XRD, SEM, DTA and so on. Ba 5LaTi 2Nb 3O 18 crystallizes the rhombohedral system with unit cell parameters a=0 573 25(2) nm, c=4 213 9(2) nm, and space group R3m, Z=3. The structure may be described as five (Nb,Ti)O 6 octahedra corner-sharing along c axis to form perovskite layer connected by Ba atoms. The Ba 5LaTi 2Nb 3O 18 ceramic exhibits a high dielectric constant of 80.5, low dielectric loss of 6.5×10 -4 and small temperature coefficient of dielectric constant of -78×10 -6 K -1 at 1 MHz due to its close structure and relative high dielectric polarizabilities of Ba 2+, La 3+, Ti 4+ and Nb 5+. Ba 5LaTi 2Nb 3O 18 might be a suitable candidate of high ε r microwave dielectric ceramics.
