• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.859-864
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• 2004

The solid solutions of the $Sr_{1-x}Ba_xFeO_{3-y)$ system (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3) having a perovskite structure were prepared in air at 1423 K and then heat-treated in air (A), $O_2(O)\;and\;N_2(N)$ to examine possibility of controlling the nonstoichiometry and applicability as an additive for electrical conducting inorganic adhesives (ECIA). In the samples heated in $N_2$ stream, there existed almost no $Fe^{4+}$ ions, and at constant temperature their electrical conductivities were considerably lower than those of the samples heat-treated in air or $O_2.\; Sr_{0.8}Ba_{0.2}Fe^{3+}_{0.49}Fe^{4+}_{0.51}O_{2.76}$ (SB2-A) whose $Fe^{3+}/Fe^{4+}$ ratio was nearly 1 (0.96) and whose conductivity values (1.04 $ohm^{-1}cm^{-1}$ at 283 K and 1.88 $ohm^{-1}cm^{-1}$ at 673 K) were higher than any other samples, was found to be the best additive for ECIA.