
Ferroelectrics and Antiferroelectrics 5.4 Physical Properties of 43 Representative Ferroelectrics 925
0 20025 50 75 100 125 150 175
II III I
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
κ
c
f = 100 kHz
T (°C)
Fig. 4.5-56 KNO
3
. κ
c
versus T
10.0
7.5
5.0
2.5
0
115.0 117.5 120.0 122.5 125.0 127.5 130.0
P
s
(10
–2
C m
–2
)
T (°C)
Fig. 4.5-57 KNO
3
. P
s
versus T
KNO
3
Family
KNO
3
(LB Number 30A-2). This crystal is ferroelectric
between about 115 and 125
◦
C in a metastable phase III
which appears on cooling. Hydrostatic pressure stabi-
lizes this phase (Figs. 4.5-56 and 4.5-57).
KDP (KH
2
PO
4
) Family
KH
2
PO
4
(KDP) (LB Number 33A-1). KH
2
PO
4
is a clas-
sical and extensively studied ferroelectric crystal. It is
ferroelectric below 123 K (Figs. 4.5-58 and 4.5-59). The
transition is a typical ferroelectric phase transition, re-
lated to a configuration change in a three-dimensional
hydrogen-bond network. Figures 4.5-61 and 4.5-60
demonstrate changes in the proton configuration asso-
ciated with the phase transition. The transitions related
10
5
10
4
10
3
10
2
10
50 100 150 200 250 300
κ
T (K)
κ
c
κ
a
Fig. 4.5-58 KH
2
PO
4
. κ
a
and κ
c
versus T . f = 800 Hz
1.25
4
3
2
1
0
1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25 0
–T (K)
f
Θ
P
s
(10
–2
C m
–2
)
Fig. 4.5-59 KH
2
PO
4
. P
s
versus (Θ
f
−T). Θ
f
= 123 K
to hydrogen atom rearrangement in the hydrogen-bond
network are characterized by sensitivity to deuter-
ation and hydrostatic pressure, as demonstrated in
Figs. 4.5-62 and 4.5-63, respectively. For theoretical
studies of the phase transition, readers should refer
to [5.7]. The crystal is useful in nonlinear optical
devices.
CsH
2
PO
4
(LB Number 33A-3). This crystal is ferroelec-
tric below about 151.5 K. The crystal system of its
paraelectric phase (monoclinic) is different from that
of KH
2
PO
4
(tetragonal). The temperature dependence
of the dielectric constant above the Curie point deviates
considerably from the Curie–Weiss law, suggesting that
the transition is related to one-dimensional ordering of
hydrogen atoms in a hydrogen-bond network. Deuter-
ation changes the transition temperature from 151.5to
264.7 K (Fig. 4.5-64).
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