Barium calcium titanate nanopowders (Ba1-xCa xTiO3: x = 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.23 mol%) have been synthesized at relative low temperature ( 800 ºC) through the modified polymeric precursor method. High relative density ceramics (> 97%) and microstructure with homogeneous grain size were obtained at relative low temperature and time of sintering (1275 °C/1 h). It was also observed that the crystallite size of the calcined powder and the average grain size of the sintered ceramics decrease with the increase of the calcium concentration.
BCT; nanometric powders; BaTiO3
