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Bismuth ferrite powders were synthesized by a simple solid state reaction method at the room temperature by non-stoichiometrical preparation. The fabricated BiFeO3 ceramics clearly exhibited phase transformations to BiFeO3 and secondly bismuth ferrites by an elevated temperature procedure and isothermal heat treatment. The isothermal heat treatments at 1123 K and 1148 K made rhombohedral BiFeO3 and ferroelectrics.
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Oak, J.J., Cho, Y.J., Chun, H.H. et al. Effects of isothermal treatments on non-stoichiometrical preparation for the optimized perovskite structure of BiFeO3 bulk ceramics. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 115, 1342–1350 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X14130183
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