Barium calcium titanate ceramics with composition Ba0,77Ca0,23TiO3 (BCT23) were prepared by solid state reaction. A systematic study of temperature and time of calcination was performed aiming to determine the experimental conditions to obtain only BCT23 phase. It was only observed the BaTiO3 and CaTiO3 phases at calcination temperature up to 1200 ºC and time up to 12 h. However, it was possible to obtain the BCT23 phase by increasing the temperature to 1250 ºC for 12 h. The powders calcined at 1250 ºC for 12 h were uniaxially pressed at different conditions and sintered at 1450 ºC / 4h. The method utilized to prepare the compacts influenced on the microstructure and relative density of the ceramics. Denser ceramics were obtained by pressing a BCT23 powder with 1x10(7) N/m².
BCT; perovskite; solid state synthesis
