Lead Magnesium Niobate (PMN) is a ferroelectric with relaxation properties. These properties can be improved or modified by doping. In this work is showed that Ba2+/Ti4+ and Pb2+/Ti4+ ions or only K+ ion change the characteristics of columbite precursor prepared by Pechini’s method. The results obtained by XRD and FT-IR show that there is more retention of organic matter in the Ba2+/Ti4+ and Pb2+/Ti4+-MN doped precursors than in the pure one. It was also possible to show that K+-MN doped powders exhibit characteristics similar to pure MN powder, but in the PMN ceramic there is positive effects. The size grain and Tm increase when K+ ion is used on the PMN synthesis.
ferroelectric; relaxor; doping; PMN
