The effects of the addition of H3BO3 on the microstructure, phase formation, and microwave dielectric properties of (Zn0.TMg0.3)TiO3 ceramics sintered at temperatures ranging from 890 ℃ to 950 ℃ are investigated. H3BO3 as a sintering agent can effectively lower the sintering temperature of ZMT ceramics below 950 ℃due to the liquid-phase effect. The microwave dielectric properties are found to strongly correlate with the amount of H3BO3. With the increase in H3BO3 content, the dielectric constant (er) monotonically increases, but the quality factor (Q x f) reaches a maximum at 1 wt% H3BO3, and the apparent density of ZMT ceramics with H3BO3〉 1 wt% gradually decreases. At 950 ℃, the ZMT ceramics with 1% H3BO3 exhibit excellent microwave dielectric properties: er = 19.8, and Q x f -- 43800 GHz (8.94 GHz).
The effects of BaCu(B2Os) (BCB) addition on the microstructure, phase formation, and microwave dielectric proper- ties of BasNb4015-BaWO4 ceramic are investigated. As a sintering aid, BaCu(B2Os) ceramic could effectively lower the sintering temperature of BasNb4015-BaWO4 ceramic from 1100 ℃ to 950 ℃ due to the liquid-phase effect. Meanwhile, BaCu(B2Os) addition effectively improves the densification of BasNb4015-BaWO4 ceramic and significantly influences the microwave dielectric properties. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that BasNb4015 and BaWO4 coexist with no crystal phase of BaCu(B2Os) in the sintered ceramics. The BasNb4015-BaWO4 ceramics with 1.0 wt% BaCu(B2Os) sintered at 950 ℃ for 2 h presents good microwave dielectric properties of er = 19.0, high Q× f of 33802 GHz and low vf of 2.5 ppm/℃.