US20020020949A1 - Thermistor element - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a thermistor element, to a method of producing the same and, in particular, to a wide-range-type thermistor element which can detect a temperature ranging from room temperature to a high temperature of about 1000° C., the thermistor element being particularly suitable for use in a temperature sensor.
- a temperature sensor using a thermistor element is used extensively.
- a thermistor element has characteristics in that its resistivity varies with temperature, and the characteristics are indicated by the resistivity and resistivity temperature coefficient (temperature dependence of the resistivity).
- resistivity and resistivity temperature coefficient temperature coefficient (temperature dependence of the resistivity).
- the resistivity of a thermistor element is within a practical resistivity range of a temperature detecting circuit constituting the temperature sensor. Therefore, it is desired that the resistivity of a thermistor element is usually within a range of 100 ⁇ to 100 k ⁇ at the working temperature. Further, in case of affording a heat history to a thermistor element, it is required that it has small change between the resistivity after a heat history and the initial resistivity.
- thermistor element differs among elements constituting materials, therefore various materials with resistivity characteristics suitable for various purposes have been suggested.
- perovskite materials for example, those described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.7-201528, are mainly used in a thermistor element for detecting a high temperature of about 1000° C., such as temperature of an automobile exhaust gas, gas flame temperature of gas hot-water supply device, and temperature of a heating oven, etc.
- Perovskite materials consist of a complex oxide of a perovskite structure which is generally shown as (MM′)O 3 .
- ceramic compositions for thermistor elements are produced by mixing oxides of Y,Sr,Cr,Fe,Ti,etc. in a predetermined composition proportion and calcining the mixture to form a perfect solid solution in order to realize a thermistor which can be used in a high temperature range and demonstrates stable properties.
- thermistor element which can detect a temperature ranging from room temperature to a high temperature of about 1000° C.
- wide-range-type thermistor element i.e. so-called wide-range-type thermistor element.
- conventional thermistor elements described in the above-mentioned Publication are suitable for detecting a temperature ranging from moderate to high temperature (e.g.400 to 1300° C.,etc.), but there is a problem at a temperature ranging from a low to a moderate temperature (e.g. room temperature to 400° C.,etc.) in that they cannot detect a temperature because the resistivity becomes too high to discriminate it from insulation.
- a thermistor element which can detect a temperature ranging from room temperature to a high temperature of about 1000° C., having a small change in resistivity after a heat history.
- it is desirable that such a element has a high heat-resistance and a small change in resistivity even if the temperature is elevated up to about 1400-1500° C., in order to be durable in conditions which are often exposed to high temperatures of about 1000° C.
- the sintering temperature is lower so as to not to damage lead wire materials which are sintered together with a thermistor element, thus there has been a need for a thermistor element which can be easily sintered at lower than 1600° C.
- a first object of the present invention is to provide so called a wide-range-type thermistor element which can satisfy two resistivity characteristics, i.e. has low resistivity characteristics of 100 ⁇ -100 k ⁇ within a temperature range from room temperature to 1000° C. and also has stable characteristics (small change in resistivity in the heat history).
- a second object of the present invention is to provide a thermistor element which has high heat-resistance and a small change in resistivity at a high temperature of about 1400-1500° C. and which can be easily sintered at temperature lower than 1600° C.
- the thermistor element described in claim 1 of the present invention is characterized in that the thermistor element comprises a mixed sintered body (MM′)O 3 ⁇ AO x of a composition of complex perovskite oxide presented as (MM′)O 3 , and metallic oxide presented as AO x ,
- M is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups 2A and 3A excluding La in the Periodic Table
- M′ is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups 3B, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A and 8 in the Periodic Table
- M in said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 3 is at least one or element selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Yb and Sc
- M′ is at least one element selected from Al, Ga, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Tc, Re, Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir and Pt,
- a metal A in said metallic oxide AOx is at least one element selected from B, Mg, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Zn, Ga, Ge, Sr, Zr, Nb, Sn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sn, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Hf and Ta.
- a conventional thermistor element composed of a perfect solid solution having a perovskite type structure cannot satisfy two characteristics, i.e. resitivity characteristics within a range from room temperature to 1000° C. and a resistive stability after a heat history, at the same time.
- a novel thermistor element having the above two characteristics is accomplished by using a mixed sintered body prepared by mixing said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 3 having a comparatively low resistivity with said metallic oxide AO x having high resistivity and high heat resistance.
- said metallic oxide AO x can make said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 2 to have a high resistivity in a range of high temperature because said metallic oxide has a high resistivity. Furthermore, said metallic oxide can enhance the stability of a thermistor element in high temperature since it has a high melting point and outstanding heat resistance.
- the present invention provides a wide-range-type thermistor element, having resistive stability, which has a resistivity of 100 ⁇ -100 k ⁇ within a temperature range from room temperature to 1000° C. and a small change in resistivity after a heat history, so that it is preferably used in a temperature sensor, etc. to provide good performance within a wide temperature range
- specified examples of said metallic oxide AO x contain at least one metallic oxide selected from MgO, SiO 2 , Sc 2 O 3 , TiO 2 , Cr 2 O 3 , MnO, Mn 2 O 3 , Fe 2 O 3 , Fe 3 O 4 , NiO, ZnO, Ga 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , Nb 2 O 5 , SnO 2 , CeO 2 , Pr 2 O 3 , Nd 2 O 3 , Sm 2 O 3 , Eu 2 O 3 , Gd 2 O 3 , Tb 2 O 3 , Dy 2 O 3 , Ho 2 O 3 , Er 2 O 3 , Tm 2 O 3 , Yb 2 O 3 , Lu 2 O 3 , HfO 2 , Ta 2 O 5 , MgAl 2 O 4 , Y 2 SiO 5 , 3Al 2 O 3 ⁇ 2SiO 2 , YAlO 3 , Y 3 Al 5 O 12 , 2
- said metallic oxide AO x contains at least one metallic oxide selected from MgO, Sc 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , Lu 2 O 3 , HfO 2 , Cr 2 O 2 , Pr 2 O 2 , Nd 2 O 2 , Sm 2 O 2 , Eu 2 O 2 , Gd 2 O 3 , Tb 2 O 3 , Dy 2 O 3 , Ho 2 O 3 , Er 2 O 3 , Tm 2 O 3 , Yb 2 O 2 , CeO 2 and MgCr 2 O 4 .
- These metallic oxides enhance heat-resistance so that a thermistor element can be completely durable at a high temperature of about 1400-1500° C.
- said metallic oxide AO x contains at least one metallic oxide selected from SiO 2 , TiO 2 , MnO, Mn 2 O 3 , Fe 2 O 3 , Fe 3 O 4 , NiO, ZnO, Ga 2 O 3 , Nb 2 O 5 , SnO 2 , Ta 2 O 5 , 2MgO ⁇ SiO 2 , MgAl 2 O 4 , CaSiO 3 , Y 2 SiO 5 , 3Al 2 O 3 ⁇ 2SiO 2 , YAlO 3 and Y 3 Al 5 O 12 , having an enhanced sinterbility which permits said oxide to be sintered at lower temperature than 1600° C.
- At least one of CaO, CaCO 3 , SiO 2 and CaSiO 3 may be added to said mixed sintered body as a sintering aid.
- Said sintering aid gives said mixed sintered body an enhanced density and improved characteristic.
- the invention described in claim 6 provides a temperature sensor comprising a thermistor element according to any one of claims 1 - 5 .
- a thermistor element can detect temperature over a wide range and has stable characteristics to provide a temperature sensor having a good performance and high durability.
- the invention described in claim 7 relates to a method of producing the thermistor element, according to any one of claims 1 - 5 , which comprises mixing said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 3 with said metallic oxide AO x ; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of said metallic oxide before grinding; molding the mixture into an article having a predetermined shape; and sintering the article.
- the thermistor element was incorporated into a temperature sensor and the resistivity characteristics of the sensor were examined. As a result, it has been found that a detected temperature accuracy varies with the sensor in the level within the range from ⁇ 20 to 300° C. in the temperature range from room temperature to 1000° C.
- both components may be mixed and ground by atomization to adjust an average particle diameter of this mixture to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of said metallic oxide AO x . That is, when using this production method, a variation in composition of the mixed sintered body is reduced and scatter in resistivity of a thermistor element can be reduced.
- a method of producing a thermistor element comprises mixing a raw material of said M with a raw material of said M′ in said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 3 ; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of the raw material of said M before mixing and is not more than 0.5 ⁇ m; calcining the ground mixture to obtain said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 3 ; mixing said (MM′)O 3 with said metallic oxide AO x ; molding the mixture into an article having a predetermined shape; and sintering the article.
- a method of producing a thermistor element comprises mixing a raw material of said M with a raw material of said M′ in said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 3 ; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of the raw material of said M before mixing and is not more than 0.5 ⁇ m; calcining the ground mixture to obtain said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 3 ; mixing said (MM′)O 3 with said metallic oxide AO x ; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of said metallic oxide AO x before mixing; molding the mixture into an article having a predetermined shape; and sintering the article.
- This method is a combination of methods of claims 7 and 8 .
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation illustrating a thermistor element of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 ( a ) is a schematic representation illustrating a temperature sensor using a thermistor element of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 ( b ) is a schematic sectional view illustrating a temperature sensor using a thermistor element of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a production step of a thermistor element of Example 1 (according to the production method ( 1 )) of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a production step of a thermistor element of Example 2 (according to the production method ( 2 )) of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a production step of a thermistor element of Example 3 (according to a combination of the production method ( 2 ) and the method ( 3 )) of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a production step of a thermistor element of Example 4 (according to the production method ( 3 )) of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a production step of a thermistor element of Example 5 (according to the production method ( 3 )) of the present invention.
- a thermistor element of the present invention is composed of a mixed sintered body obtained by mixing a complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 3 with a metallic oxide AO x ; and then sintering the mixture, represented by a chemical formula (1)
- (MM′)O 3 which constitutes a thermistor element of the present invention, is a complex perovskite oxide wherein M is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups 2A and 3A excluding La in the Periodic Table, and M′ is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups consisting 3B, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7 and 8 in the Periodic Table. Since La has high moisture absorption property, there is a problem that La reacts with water in the air to form an unstable hydroxide, which results in the breakage of a thermistor element. Therefore, La is not used as M.
- the element M contains, for example, Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba of the group 2A; and Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Yb and Sc of the group 3A.
- M′ preferably contains, for example, Al and Ga of the group 3B; Ti, Zr and Hf of the group 4A; V, Nb and Ta of the group 5A; Cr, Mo and W of the group 6A; Mn, Tc and Re of the group 7A; and Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir and Pt of the group 8.
- M and M′ can be optionally selected to provide the desired resistivity characteristics.
- a complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 2 which M and M′ are adequately selected demonstrates low resistivity and low resistivity temperature coefficient (e.g. 1000-4000 (k)).
- Such a complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 3 preferably contains, for example, Y (Cr, Mn)O 3 , etc.
- the molar ratio of each element can be optionally selected based on desired resistivity characteristics.
- a complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 3 is used alone as a thermistor element, resistive stability is incomplete and apt to decrease, in resistivity, within a high temperature range. Therefore, according to the present invention, a metallic oxide can be used to stabilize the resistivity of a thermistor element and maintain it within desired range.
- a metallic oxide AO x is required to have the characteristics as follows.
- a resistivity of a thermistor element made of AO x itself is not less than 1000 ⁇ at 1000° C., when the element has a size and a shape which is usually used for a sensor, and that regarding said ⁇ circle over (2) ⁇ , AO x has a melting point not less than 1300° C. which is higher than the maximum temperature of common use of a sensor.
- a metal A in a metallic oxide AO x is preferably at least one element selected from B, Mg, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Zn, Ga, Ge, Sr, Zr, Nb, Sn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Hf, and Ta.
- a metallic oxide AO x is preferably at least one element selected from MgO, SiO 2 , Sc 2 O 3 , TiO 2 , Cr 2 O 3 , MnO, Mn 2 O 3 , Fe 2 O 3 , Fe 3 O 4 , NiO, ZnO, Ga 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , Nb 2 O 5 , SnO 2 , CeO 2 , Pr 2 O 3 , Nd 2 O 3 , Sm 2 O 3 , Eu 2 O 3 , Gd 2 O 3 , Tb 2 O 3 , Dy 2 O 3 , Ho 2 O 3 , Er 2 O 2 , Tm 2 O 2 , Yb 2 O 3 , Lu 2 O 3 , HfO 2 and Ta 2 O 5 .
- a metallic oxide AO x can be a complex metallic oxide containing at least one element selected from Mg, Y, Al and Si.
- Specified examples contain MgAl 2 O 4 , Y 2 SiO 5 , 3Al 2 O 3 ⁇ 2SiO 2 , YAlO 3 , Y 3 Al 5 O 12 , 2MgO ⁇ SiO 2 , CaSiO 3 and MgCr 2 O 4 , etc. and at least one complex metallic oxide selected from these ones can be used to satisfy characteristics ⁇ circle over (1) ⁇ and ⁇ circle over (2) ⁇ .
- Group 1 is a group of a metallic oxide of a melting point not less than 2000° C., having an effect on great enhancement of heat resistance of a thermistor element besides the above mentioned effects (desired resistivity characteristics and resistivity stability).
- Metal oxides AO x belonging to this group 1 include MgO, Sc 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , Lu 2 O 3 , HfO 2 , Cr 2 O 3 , Pr 2 O 3 , Nd 2 O 3 , Sm 2 O 3 , Eu 2 O 2 , Gd 2 O 2 , Tb 2 O 3 , Dy 2 O 3 , Ho 2 O 3 , Er 2 O 3 , Tm 2 O 3 , Yb 2 O 3 , CeO 2 and MgCr 2 O 4 .
- a thermistor element mixed with such a metal oxide demonstrates little change in resistivity even when the temperature is elevated up to about 1400-1500° C.
- MgO, Sc 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , Lu 2 O 3 and HfO 2 in particular, have a high melting point of not less then 2400° C. and have more effect on the heat resistance of a thermistor and thus they are useful in the environment usually exposed to a high temperature of about 1000° C.
- Group 2 is a group of metallic oxides with a melting point less than 2000° C., having an effect of enhancing sinterability of a thermistor element besides the above mentioned effects (desired resistivity characteristics and resistive stability).
- Metal oxides AO x belonging to this group 2 include SiO 2 , TiO 2 , MnO, Mn 2 O 2 , Fe 2 O 3 , Fe 3 O 4 , NiO, ZnO, Ga 2 O 3 , Nb 2 O 5 , SnO 2 , Ta 2 O 5 , 2MgO ⁇ SiO 2 , MgAl 2 O 4 , CaSiO 3 , Y 2 SiO 5 , 3Al 2 O 3 ⁇ 2SiO 2 , YAlO 3 and Y 3 Al 5 O 12 .
- a thermistor element containing such a metal oxide may be sintered at a temperature of less than 1600° C. so that it results in the advantage of a decrease in lead wire damage by sintering.
- a is a molar fraction of complex oxide (MM′)O 3 and b is a molar fraction of a metallic oxide AO x .
- a desired low resitivity and low resitivity temperature coefficient can be accomplished by optional selection of a and b within said range. Thus, these resistivity characteristics can be controlled over a wide range since a and b can be selected widely.
- this mixed wintered body can contain at least one of CaO, CaCO 3 , SiO 2 and CaSiO 3 as a sintering aid.
- a sintering aid forms liquid phase at a temperature at which a mixture composed of said complex oxide (MM′)O 3 and said metallic oxide AO x is sintered, and thus the sintering is effectively promoted.
- the sintering density of the resulting mixed sintered body is improved to result in a resistivity stability of a thermistor element, as well as a reduced scatter in resistivity with a variation in sintering temperature.
- An amount of the sintering aid added is optionally adjusted depending on a type of said aid.
- a thermistor element 1 composed of a mixed sintered body and a temperature S comprising said element is shown in FIG. 1.
- a thermistor element 1 the respective ends of two parallel lead wires 11 , 12 are embedded in an element portion 13 into which said mixed sintered body is formed.
- the cylindrical element portion 13 has an outer diameter of 1.60 mm.
- Said thermistor element 1 is incorporated into a typical temperature assay system to give a temperature sensor S.
- the temperature sensor S has a cylindrical heat-resistant metal case 2 and the thermistor element 1 is disposed in a left part as shown in FIG. 2( a ).
- FIG. 2( b ) An end of a metal pipe 3 which passes through the metal case 2 is disposed in a right part of the metal case 2 .
- the metal pipe 3 has lead wires 31 , 32 in it and these lead wires 31 , 32 , which pass through the metal pipe 3 , are respectively connected to lead wires 11 , 12 of the thermistor element 1 (FIG. 2( a )).
- Lead wires 11 , 12 have, for example, a diameter of 0.3 mm and a length of 10.5 mm and are composed of Pt100 (pure platinum).
- the metal pipe 3 is filled with magnesia powder 33 to secure the insulation properties of lead wires 31 , 32 in the metal pipe 3 .
- the wire diameter and length, etc. of the lead wire 11 , 12 can be optionally selected according to the shape, dimension and service environmental conditions of the temperature sensor.
- the material of lead wires are not limited to Pt100 (pure platinum), there can also be used a high-melting temperature metal having a melting point high enough to endure the sintering temperature of a thermistor element and providing satisfactory electrical conductivity such as a lead wire, e.g. Pt80Ir20 (platinum 80%, iridium 20%), etc.
- the section can take any shape other than circular shape, e.g. rectangular shape, semi-circular shape, etc. It is also possible to use lead wires of the thermistor element after providing irregularities on lead wires surface by knurling.
- Methods ( 1 ), ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) of producing said thermistor element are subsequently described.
- the production methods ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) are partially different from the fundamental method ( 1 ).
- the production step is roughly divided into a first preparation step of obtaining a calcined body of (MM′)O 2 , or (MM′)O 3 ⁇ AO x by calcinationand a second preparation step of compounding the resulting calcined body and AO x to form a mixed sintered body of a predetermined shape, to thereby obtain a thermistor element.
- a powdered oxide of these elements (MO x , M′O x ), etc. as the raw materials of M and M′, is first prepared, and then compounded so that desired composition is obtained (compounding ( 1 ) step). Subsequently, water, etc. is added to the compound, mixed by a ball mill, etc. (mixing step), dried by hot-air, and roughly ground by a chaser mill to obtain a mixed powder. This mixed powder is calcined to obtain a calcined body (MM′)O 2 (calcination step).
- a calcination temperature ranges usually from about 1000 to 1500° C.
- a binder may be added in the mixing step, and the resulting mixture is granulated and dried by using a spray dryer and then the resulting mixed powder may be calcined.
- the calcination may be carried out twice or more.
- a compound other than an oxide may be used as a raw material of M or M′.
- the resulting calcined body is compounded with AO x at molar fractions a and b so that the desired resistivity and resistivity temperature coefficient are obtained (compounding ( 2 ) step), mixed and ground by adding water and binder,etc. (mixing and grinding step).
- the resulting mixed powder is granulated and dried by using a spray drier, etc. (granulation/drying step), molded into an article having a predetermined shape incorporating a lead wire of Pt, etc. in a mold (molding step), and sintered (sintering step) to obtain a thermistor element composed of a mixed sintered body (MM′)O 3 ⁇ AO x .
- the sintering temperature is usually within a range from about 1200 to 1700° C. and is optionally selected to obtain the best stability of the thermistor properties.
- molding may be performed after inserting lead wires. It is also possible to form lead wires by molding, making a hole for providing the lead wire, inserting lead wires, followed by sintering, thereby making it possible to obtain a thermistor element. It is also possible to obtain a thermistor element by forming lead wires after sintering the molded article. Alternatively, it is also possible to obtain a thermistor element provided with lead wires by adding a binder, a resin material, etc.
- thermistor element to raw materials of the thermistor element, mixing them, adjusting the viscosity and hardness of the mixture to those suitable for extrusion molding to obtain a molded thermistor having a hole for providing lead wires, inserting lead wires, followed by sintering, thereby making it possible to obtain a thermistor having lead wires.
- the thermistor element thus obtained constitutes a mixed sintered body prepared by uniformly mixing (MM′)O 3 as a perovskite compound with metallic oxide AO x via grain boundaries.
- This thermistor element demonstrates a low resistivity of 100 ⁇ to 100 k ⁇ necessary for use in a temperature sensor within a range from room temperature (e.g.27° C.) to 1000° C. Further, since a resistivity temperature co-efficient ⁇ can be controlled to 2000-4000 k. scatter in resistivity with a variation in temperature can be reduced. In addition, a change in resistivity ⁇ R in heat history from room temperature to 1000° C. can realize a level of about few %.
- a wide-range-type thermistor element which can detect a temperature ranging from room temperature to 1000° C. and has stable characteristics, that is, a change in resistivity is small in the heat history. Furthermore, a high heat-resistance against a high temperature of 1400-1500° C. may be provided when a metallic oxide of the group 1 is selected.
- sinterability is improved to make it possible to sinter said element at a temperature lower than 1600° C. when a metallic oxide of the group 2 is selected.
- a compound containing M contains an element A in a mixed sintered body (MM′)O 3 ⁇ AO x
- a calcined body (MM′)O 3 ⁇ AO x can be obtained in the first preparation step by adding excess AO x which is an oxide of M in a compounding step to compound a raw material powder of M and M′, mixing and calcining.
- a mixed sintered body may be obtained by optionally mixing AO x , etc. with said calcined body to obtain desired molar ratio (a:b), granulating, molding, and then sintering.
- the production method ( 2 ) is one in which the fundamental method ( 1 ) is partially altered. That is, in the above second preparation step, the average particle diameter of the resulting mixture is adjusted to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of AO x before mixing in the step of mixing and grinding a calcined body and AO x .
- a grinding means for reducing the average particle diameter a medium stirring mill can be used.
- a ball (about 1 mm ⁇ ) made of ZrO 2 can be used.
- a thermistor element is obtained by granulating and drying, molding and sintering in the same manner as mentioned before.
- a raw material of M may be mixed and ground with a raw material of M′ to adjust an average particle diameter of this mixture to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of the raw material of M before mixing and is not more than 0.5 ⁇ m in the step of mixing and grinding an oxide of M′ and an oxide of M.
- a grinding means for reducing the average particle diameter a medium stirring mill can be used in the same manner as in the method ( 2 ). Thereafter, the mixed grind may be calcined and subjected to the second preparation step to obtain a thermistor element.
- the mixing and grinding step of the second preparation step may be carried out by using a common ball mill, etc. as in the production method( 1 ), but may also be performed by using a medium stirring mill, as in the production method ( 2 ).
- uniform mixing of a calcined body and AO x , etc. is performed in the molding and sintering steps as the step after the mixing and grinding step.
- the effect of the production method ( 2 ) that a uniform mixing of a calcined body and AO x , etc. can be provided. Therefore, scatter in the resistivity of a thermistor element can be further reduced.
- a temperature sensors using thermistor elements of the above-described production method ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) of the present invention are suitable for use in map control devices to which high temperature accuracy is required, e.g. a temperature monitor for an oxygen sensor for automobile exhaust gas, etc. because the temperature accuracy is controlled within ⁇ 10° C. or less.
- a mixed sintered body of aY(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 ⁇ bDy 2 O 3 was obtained from Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 , wherein Y was selected as M and Cr and Mn were selected as M′ in (MM′)O 3 , and Dy 2 O 3 as AO x .
- a molar ratio (a:b, a and b are molar fractions) of Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 :Dy 2 O 3 was 36:64 (Example 1).
- thermistor elements with molar ratios (a:b) of 95:5 and 5:95 were obtained (Examples 1A and 1B).
- This production step corresponds to the above-described production method ( 1 ), and is divided into a first preparation step to obtain a calcined body Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 , and a second preparation step to obtain a thermistor element from the resulting calcined body and Dy 2 O 3 .
- Y 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 and Mn 2 O 3 (purity of all components is not less than 99.9%) were first prepared as starting materials and then weighed so that a molar ratio Y:Cr:Mn becomes 2:1:1 to make 500 g as the total amount (compounding ( 1 ) step).
- An average particle diameter of Y 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 and Mn 2 O 3 was 1.0 ⁇ m, 2.0-4.0 ⁇ m and 7.0-15.0 ⁇ m, respectively.
- a resulting mixed slurry containing Y 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 and Mn 2 O 3 was transferred to a porcelain evaporating dish, and then dried by using a hot-air dryer at 150° C. for 12 hours or more to obtain a mixed solid. Subsequently, said mixed solid was roughly ground by using a chaser mill and passed through a sieve (#30 mesh) to obtain a mixed powder of Y 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 and Mn 2 O 3 .
- This mixed power was charged in a crucible made of 99.3% Al 2 O 3 and then calcined in a high-temperature oven in the air at 1100 to 1300° C. for 1 to 2 hours (calcination step).
- a calcined body of Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 as a bulk solid was obtained and roughly ground by using a chaser mill and passed through a sieve (#30 mesh) to obtain a powder.
- SiO 2 and CaCO 3 which are converted into a liquid phase within the range from 1500 to 1650° C., are used as a sintering aid and SiO2 and CaCO3 are added in an amount of 3 wt % and 4.5 wt %, respectively, based on the total amount (500 g) of the above Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and Dy 2 O 3 (compounding( 2 )step).
- This mixed ground slurry was granulated and dried by using a spray dryer to obtain a mixed powder of Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and Dy 2 O 3 (granulation/drying step).
- a thermistor element having the same shape as shown in FIG. 1 was produced by using this mixed powder as a thermistor raw material.
- a lead wire material: Pt100 (pure platinum) having a size of 0.3 mm ⁇ in outer diameter ⁇ 10.5 mm in length
- the lead wire was inserted and a thermistor raw material was molded in a mold having an outer diameter of 1.74 ⁇ under a pressure of about 1000 kg f/cm 2 to obtain a molded article of a thermistor element (provided with embedded lead wires) having an outer diameter of 1.75 mm ⁇ (molding step).
- the molded article for a element portion 13 of a thermistor element 1 was arranged on a corrugated setter made of Al 2 O 3 and then sintered in the air at 1600° C. for 1 to 2 hours to obtain a thermistor element 1 having an outer diameter of 1.60 mm ⁇ of a mixed sintered body aY(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.9 )O 3 ⁇ bDy 2 O 3 (sintering step).
- a resistivity temperature coefficient ⁇ is represented by the equation(2):
- R t represents an initial resistivity at a predetermined temperature (e.g. 500° C.)
- R′ t represents a resistivity at a predetermined temperature t after standing for 1000 hours.
- a resistivity is within a range of 110 ⁇ -100 k ⁇ at a temperature ranging from room temperature to 1000° C.
- a resistivity temperature coefficient ⁇ is within a desired range of 2200-2480 K.
- a change in resistivity ⁇ R can stably realize a level of about few %.
- the temperature accuracy of the temperature sensor made by incorporating the thermistor element of Example 1 was examined.
- the results are shown in Table 2.
- the evaluation method was as follows. That is, a standard deviation ⁇ (sigma) of the resistivity at a predetermined temperature (e.g. 500° C.) is calculated from resistivity-temperature data of a lot of temperature sensors (e.g. 100 sensors). Using 6O (standard deviation) as a scatter width (two sides), a value A obtained by dividing the value, calculated by this scatter width of the resistivity based on the temperature, by 2 is represented as “temperature accuracy ⁇ A ° C.”. As a result, it has been found that the temperature accuracy was ⁇ 23° C. which is satisfactorily suitable for use.
- a thermistor element composed of a mixed sintered body having the same composition of aY(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 ⁇ bDy 2 O 3 as that of Example 1 was produced by another method.
- a molar ratio (a:b) of Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and Dy 2 O 2 was 36:64 (Example 2).
- thermistor elements with molar ratios 95:5 and 5:95 were also produced (Examples 2A and 2B, respectively).
- This production step corresponds to the above-described production method ( 2 ), and thus in a mixing/grinding step of a second preparation step, a medium stirring mill was used instead of a ball mill in Example 1.
- a mixed slurry was obtained by weighing Y 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 and Mn 2 O 3 (compounding ( 1 ) step) and mixing by a ball mill (mixing step) in the same manner as in Example 1.
- This mixed slurry was evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, the average particle diameter was 1.7 ⁇ m (Table 2). This average particle diameter is larger than an average particle diameter (1.0 cm) of Dy 2 O 3 before mixing.
- This mixed slurry of Y 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 and Mn 2 O 3 was transferred to a porcelain evaporating dish, and then dried by using a hot-air drier at 100-150° C. for 12-17 hours. Subsequently this mixed solid was roughly ground by using a chaser mill and passed through a sieve (#30 mesh) to obtain a mixed powder of Y 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 and Mn 2 O 2 . This mixed powder was charged in a crucible made of 99.3% Al 2 O 3 and then calcined in a high-temperature oven in the air at 1100° C.
- Y (Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 as a bulk solid (calcinations step). This bulk solid was then roughly ground by using a chaser mill and passed through a sieve (#30 mesh) to obtain a power.
- Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 powder obtained in said first preparation step, and commercially available Dy 2 O 3 (purity: 99.9% or more, an average particle diameter 1.0 ⁇ m) were weighed so that a compounding molar ratio (a:b) became a predetermined ratio to make 2000 g as the total amount.
- SiO 2 and CaCO 3 which were converted into a liquid phase within the range from 1500-1650° C., were used as a sintering aid and SiO 2 and CaCO 3 were added in an amount of 60 g(3 wt %) and 90 g(4.5 wt %), respectively, based on the total amount (2000 g) of the above Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and Dy 2 O 3 (compounding ( 2 ) step).
- a pearl mill device manufactured by Ashizawa Co., Ltd., RV1V, effective volume: 1.0 liter, actual volume: 0.5 liter
- RV1V median stirring mill
- 3.0 kg of ZrO 2 balls were used as a grinding medium and 80% of the volume of a stirring vessel were filled with ZrO 2 balls.
- a binder Using 4.5 liter of distilled water as a dispersing medium relative to 2150 g of the ground raw material, a binder, a releasant and a dispersant were added, followed by mixing and grinding for 10 hrs.
- the operation conditions were as follows: circumferential rate: 12 m/sec, revolution: 3110 rpm.
- a binder polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was added in an amount of 1 g per 100 g of the ground raw material.
- PVA polyvinyl alcohol
- the resulting mixed ground slurry was evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, an average particle diameter was 0.4 ⁇ m (Table 2).
- This mixed ground slurry was granulated and dried under the conditions of a drying chamber inlet temperature of 200° C. and outlet temperature of 120° C. by using a spray dryer.
- the resulting granulated powder was a spherical powder having an average particle diameter of 30 ⁇ m, and molding of the thermistor element is performed by using this granulated powder (molding step).
- the resulting molded article of the thermistor element was arranged on a corrugated setter made of Al 2 O 3 and then sintered in the air at 1600° C. for 1 hour to obtain a thermistor element (sintering step).
- Example 2 The resulting thermistor elements of Examples 2, 2A and 2B are then incorporated into a temperature sensor in the same manner as in Example 1 and temperature characteristics of the resistivity of each temperature sensor was evaluated. The evaluation results are shown in Table 1. Further, the temperature accuracy of a thermistor element of Example 2 was also evaluated. The evaluation results was shown in Table 2.
- a thermistor element composed of a mixed sintered body having the same composition aY(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 ⁇ bDy 2 O 3 as that of Example 1 was produced by another method.
- a molar ratio (a:b) of Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and Dy 2 O 3 was 36:64 (Example).
- thermistor elements with molar ratios 95:5 and 5:95 were also produced (Examples 3A and 3B, respectively).
- This production step corresponds to a combination of the above-described production method ( 2 ) with the method ( 3 ).
- a medium stirring mill is used both in mixing step of the first preparation stop and in mixing/grinding step of the second production step.
- raw materials Y 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 and Mn 2 O 3 were separately weighed to make 2000 g as the total amount (compounding ( 1 ) step). Subsequently, these raw-materials are atomized by a medium stirring mill. A pearl mill device was used as a medium stirring mill in the same manner in Example 2. Using 4.5 liter of distilled water as a dispersing medium relative to 2036 g of the raw material, a binder, a releasant and a dispersant were added, followed by mixing and grinding for 10 hours (mixing step). The operation conditions were as follows: circumferential rate: 12 m/sec, revolutions: 3110 rpm.
- polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) was added in an amount of 20 g per 2036 g of raw material.
- This mixed ground slurry was evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, an average particle diameter was 0.3 ⁇ m (Table 2). This is smaller than an average particle diameter (1.0 ⁇ m) of Y 2 O 3 before mixing and smaller than 0.5 ⁇ m.
- the resulting slurry was dried under the conditions of a drying chamber inlet temperature of 200° C. and outlet temperature of 120° C. by using a spray dryer.
- the resulting powder was a spherical powder having an average particle diameter of 30 ⁇ m.
- This raw material powder was charged in a crucible made of 99.3% Al 2 O 3 and then calcined in a high-temperature oven in the air at 1100-1300° C. for 1-2 hours (calcination step).
- a calcined body of Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 as a bulk solid was obtained and roughly ground by using a chaser mill and passed through a sieve(#30 mesh) to obtain a powder.
- the resulting Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 containing powder, and Dy 2 O 3 powder (an average particle diameter: 1.0 ⁇ m) were weighed so that a molar ratio becomes to be a predetermined one to make 2000 g as the total amount.
- SiO 2 and CaCO 3 were added in an amount of 3 wt %(60 g) and 4.5 wt(90 g) (compounding step).
- Said compounded material was atomized by using a pearl mill device as a medium stirring mill (mixing/grinding step).
- the conditions in this step was the same as that of the mixing one of the above described first preparation step.
- the resulting mixed ground slurry was evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, an average particle diameter was 0.3 ⁇ m(Table 2). This is smaller than an average particle diameter 0.1 ⁇ m) of Dy 2 O 3 before mixing.
- This mixed ground slurry was granulated and dried by using a spray dryer (granulation/drying step), molded (molding step) and then sintered(sintering step) to obtain a thermistor element in the same manner as in a example 1.
- the resulting thermistor elements of Examples 3, 3A and 3B were then incorporated into temperature sensors in the same manner as in Example 1 and temperature characteristics of the resistivity of each temperature sensor were evaluated. The evaluation results are shown in Table 1. Further, the temperature accuracy of a thermistor element of Example 3 was also evaluated (Table 2). The evaluation results was shown in Table 2.
- thermistor elements of Examples 3, 3A and 3B show the same temperature characteristics of the resistivity as that of described in Example 1, 1A and 1B respectively.
- the same temperature characteristics of the resistivity can be realized in the above-described Examples and that the temperature characteristics depend on the compounding molar ratio.
- a temperature accuracy a much better temperature accuracy of ⁇ 5° C. is shown, as is apparent from Table 2, while it is ⁇ 10° C. in Example 1. Namely, smaller scatter can be obtained by this method of this Example.
- a thermistor element composed of a mixed sinter having the same composition of aY(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 ⁇ bDy 2 O 3 as that of Example 1 was produced by another method.
- a molar ratio (a:b) of Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and Dy 2 O 3 was 36:64 (Example 4).
- thermistor elements with molar ratio 95:5 and 5:95 were also produced (Examples 4A and 4B, respectively).
- This production step corresponds to the above-described production method ( 3 ), and thus a medium stirring mill was used in a mixing step of the first preparation step,.
- a ball mill is used instead of a medium stirring mill, differing from Example 3.
- the first preparation step is carried out in the same manner as in the above described Example 3, and raw materials were weighed (compounding ( 1 ) step), mixed and ground by using a medium stirring mill (mixing step) and then sintered (sintering step). A mixed ground slurry was also evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, an average particle diameter was 0.3 ⁇ m(Table 2). This is smaller than an average particle diameter of Y 2 O 3 (1.0 ⁇ m) before mixing and smaller than 0.5 ⁇ m.
- This mixed ground slurry was granulated and dried by using a spray dryer (granulation/drying step), molded (molding step) and then sintered (sintering step)to obtain a thermistor element in the same manner as in Example 1.
- the resulting thermistor elements of Examples 4, 4A and 4B were incorporated into a temperature sensor in the same manner as in Example 1 and temperature characteristics of resistivity of each temperature were evaluated. The evaluation results are shown in Table 1. Further, the temperature accuracy of a thermistor element of Example 4 was also evaluated (Table 2).
- thermistor element of Examples 4, 4A and 4B show the same temperature characteristics of the resistivity as that of described in Examples 1, 1A and 1B resistively, Thus, it is appreciated that the same temperature characteristics of the resistivity can be realized in the above-described Examples and that the temperature characteristics depend on the compounding molar ratio.
- a good result ⁇ 9° C.
- Example 3 as shown in Table 2. Namely, it is confirmed that a lower scatter than that of Example 1( ⁇ 23° C.) can be accomplished by atomizing in the first preparation step.
- a thermistor element having a composition of Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 alone without using Dy 2 O 3 for stabilizing the resistivity was comparatively produced.
- a thermistor element composed of Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 was produced and then evaluated as a temperature sensor.
- the evaluation method was the same as in Example 1 and the results are shown in Table 3.
- Table 3 in case that Dy 2 O 3 is not used, the resistivity at high temperature range of 1000° C. is too low (40 ⁇ ) and, therefore the temperature cannot be detected.
- the change in resistivity ⁇ R exceeds ⁇ 20% and, therefore, a thermistor element having stable temperature characteristics of the resistivity cannot be provided.
- a thermistor element having the composition of YTiO 3 alone without using Dy 2 O 3 for stabilizing the resistivity was comparatively produced.
- a thermistor element composed of YTiO 3 was produced by using Y 2 O 3 and TiO 2 as starting materials, and then evaluated as a temperature sensor.
- the evaluation method was the same as in Example 1 and the results are shown in Table 3. As is apparent from Table3, in case that Dy 2 O 3 is not used, the resistivity at low temperature range of room temperature (27° C.) is too high (more than 1000 k ⁇ ) and, therefore the temperature cannot be detected.
- a thermistor element composed of a complex perovskite oxide Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and various metallic oxides shown in Table 2 was produced. Pr 2 O 3 (Example 5), Sm 2 O 3 (Example 6), Nd 2 O 3 (Example 7), MgO(Example 8) were used as AO x , respectively.
- This production step is basically the same as in Example 3, and thus raw materials are atomized by a medium stirring mill both in the mixing step of the first preparation step and in the mixing/grinding step of the second preparation step.
- Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 powder was obtained in the same manner as in Example 3.
- the second preparation step was carried out in the same manner as in Example 3 except for using the above-described metallic oxides AO x instead of Dy 2 O 3 .
- the molar ratios of Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and these metallic oxide were adjusted respectively as listed in Tables 4-7, and thermistor elements were produced according to the same manner as in Example 3 (Examples 5-8).
- Pr 2 O 3 , Sm 2 O 3 , Nd 2 O 3 and MgO used as raw materials had high purity (99.9% and more).
- An average particle diameters of Pr 2 O 3 , Sm 2 O 3 , Nd 2 O 3 and MgO were 1.0 ⁇ m, 1.0 ⁇ m and 2 ⁇ m, respectively.
- the evaluation results of the temperature accuracy with respect to thermistor elements of Examples 5-8 are shown in Table 2.
- the numerical values in parenthesis of the temperature accuracy column in Table 2 mean the temperature accuracy with respect to thermistor elements which were obtained by using a ball mill both in the first and second preparation step in the same manner as in Example 1.
- a smaller scatter in a temperature accuracy ( ⁇ A ° C.) of ⁇ 5° C. can be obtained, while the temperature sensors obtained by the same manner as in Example 1 show a scatter of ⁇ 23° C.- ⁇ 25° C.
- an average particle diameter after mixing in the first preparation step are shown in Table 2 along with one after mixing/grinding step in the second preparation step.
- a thermistor element was produced in the same manner as in the above-described Example 5. As shown in Table 8, a molar ratio (a:b) of complex perovskite oxide Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and a metallic oxide was 39:1. A thermistor element was produced in the same manner as in Example 5 except for using 3Al 2 O 3 ⁇ 2SiO 2 instead of Pr2O3 in compounding ( 2 ) step of the second preparation step in a flow chart of FIG. 7 (Example 9).
- thermoistor elements with molar ratios 95:5 and 5:95 were also produced (Examples 9A and 9B).
- 3Al 2 O 3 ⁇ 2SiO 2 used had a high purity (99.9% or more) and an average particle diameter of 2 ⁇ m.
- the temperature sensors made by incorporating the resulting thermistor elements were evaluated regarding the respective temperature characteristics of the resistivity.
- the evaluation method was the same as in Example 1.
- the results are shown in Table 8.
- this thermistor element can realize almost the same effect as that described in Example 3 regarding the temperature characteristics of the resistivity.
- the evaluation result of the temperature accuracy of the thermistor element of this Example was shown in Table 2.
- a temperature accuracy of ⁇ 5° C. (small scatter) can be obtained.
- Thermistor elements composed of a complex oxide Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and various metallic oxides shown in Tables 9-12 were produced in the same manner as in Example 5.
- Complex oxides YAlO 3 (Example 10), YAl 5 O 12 (Example 11), MgAl 2 O 3 (Example 12), and Y 2 SiO 5 (Example 13) were used as AO x respectively.
- Molar ratios (a:b) of a complex perovskite oxide Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and metallic oxides were adjusted as shown in Tables 9-12.
- Thermistor elements are produced in the same as in Example 5 except for using said various complex oxides instead of Pr 2 O 3 in the compounding ( 2 ) step of the second preparation step shown in FIG. 7 (Examples 10-13). Further, in the same manner, various Thermistor elements were produced, where molar ratios (a:b) were changed as shown in Tables 9-12, respectively (Examples 10A-13A and 10-13B). Raw materials used had a high purity (99.9% and more) and an average particle of 1-3 ⁇ m.
- the temperature sensors made by incorporating the resulting thermistor elements were evaluated regarding the respective temperature characteristics of the resistivity.
- the evaluation method was the same as in Example 1.
- the results are shown in Tables 9-12.
- thermistor elements of these Examples can realize almost the same effect as that described in Example 3 regarding the temperature characteristics of the resistivity.
- the temperature accuracy of thermistor elements of Examples 10-13 were evaluated. As a result, all of them demonstrated a good temperature accuracy of ⁇ 50° C.
- thermistor elements composed of a complex perovskite oxide Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and various metallic oxides shown in Tables 13 and 14 were produced in the same manner as in Examples 5-8.
- This production step is the same as in Examples 5-8 except for using said various metallic oxides shown in Tables 13 and 14 in the compounding ( 2 ) step, and changing molar rations of Y(Cr 0.5 Mn 0.5 )O 3 and these metallic oxides to ones shown in Tables 15-42 (Examples 14-41).
- Metallic oxides used as raw materials have a high purity (99.9% and more) and an average particle diameter of MgCr 2 O 4 ; 2MgO ⁇ SiO and CaSiO 3 is 2 ⁇ m, the particle diameters of the others being 1.0 ⁇ m.
- the resistivity and resistivity temperature coefficient of a thermistor element can be controlled in a desired range to stabilize the characteristics by optionally compounding a complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O 3 having a low resistivity and resistivity temperature coefficient with a metallic oxide AO x having a high resistivity in a range of high temperature and high heat resistance, and sintering. Therefore, the present invention can provide a thermistor element which can detect temperature of a wide range from room temperature to 1000° C., and have stable characteristics, that is a small change in resistivity in the heat history from room temperature to 1000° C. to highly improve reliability and durability of a temperature sensor.
- MM′ complex perovskite oxide
- the temperature accuracy ( ⁇ A ° C.) can be reduced to ⁇ 10° C. or less by atomizing raw materials for a thermistor element and controlling an average particle within a predetermined range to obtain a uniformly mixed composition.
- the sintering temperature is a temperature at which the most stable resistivity characteristics can be obtained in each thermistor composition of the above-described Examples 1-41
- a thermistor element obtained by using a metallic oxide of group 1 has a small change in resistivity (up to 1500° C.) of lower than 5%, that is good heat resistance.
- These metallic oxides AO x with a higher melting point are expected to have an higher effect to enhance heat resistance, but the group containing oxides with a melting point not lower than 2400° C. in Table 43 have a higher sintering temperature of 1650° C. Accordingly, from the view point of energy costs, oxides with a lower sintering temperature of 1600-1650° C. in Table 44 are more advantageous.
- a thermistor element which is obtained by using a metallic oxide of group 2 (a melting point is lower than 2000° C.) is inferior to oxides of group 1 in change in resistivity at 1400° C. and 1500° C., but its change in resistivity is lower than 5% and is enough heat resistant to use in practice.
- it can be sintered at lower temperature of 1200-1500° C. and can be easily sintered. Therefore, when a thermistor element is produced according to the present invention, a metallic oxide AO x can be selected to obtain desired characteristics, considering the influence of load wires, manufacturing costs and working environment, etc.
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Abstract
An element portion of a thermistor element is composed of a mixed sintered body (MM′)O3·AOx of a composition of a complex perovskite oxide presented as (MM′)O3, and a metallic oxide presented as AOx. In said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3, M is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups 2A and 3A excluding La in the Periodic Table, and M′ is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups 3B, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A and 8 in the Periodic Table. Said metallic oxide AOx is a heat-resistant, metallic oxide having a melting point of 1300° C. and more, and a resistivity of AOx itself at 100° C. in the form of a thermistor element is 1000Ω or more.
The thermistor element can realize a resistivity of 100Ω-100 kΩ, within the temperature range from room temperature to 1000° C., and small change in resistivity.
Description
- This application is based on and claims the priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 11-242946, filed on Aug. 30, 1999, the contents being incorporated herein by reference, and is a continuation of PCT/JP00/05892.
- The present invention relates to a thermistor element, to a method of producing the same and, in particular, to a wide-range-type thermistor element which can detect a temperature ranging from room temperature to a high temperature of about 1000° C., the thermistor element being particularly suitable for use in a temperature sensor.
- A temperature sensor using a thermistor element is used extensively. A thermistor element has characteristics in that its resistivity varies with temperature, and the characteristics are indicated by the resistivity and resistivity temperature coefficient (temperature dependence of the resistivity). When it is used as a temperature sensor, it is desired that the resistivity of the thermistor element is within a practical resistivity range of a temperature detecting circuit constituting the temperature sensor. Therefore, it is desired that the resistivity of a thermistor element is usually within a range of 100Ω to 100 k Ω at the working temperature. Further, in case of affording a heat history to a thermistor element, it is required that it has small change between the resistivity after a heat history and the initial resistivity.
- The resistivity characteristics of a thermistor element differ among elements constituting materials, therefore various materials with resistivity characteristics suitable for various purposes have been suggested. For example, perovskite materials, for example, those described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.7-201528, are mainly used in a thermistor element for detecting a high temperature of about 1000° C., such as temperature of an automobile exhaust gas, gas flame temperature of gas hot-water supply device, and temperature of a heating oven, etc. Perovskite materials consist of a complex oxide of a perovskite structure which is generally shown as (MM′)O3. The above-mentioned Publication discloses that ceramic compositions for thermistor elements are produced by mixing oxides of Y,Sr,Cr,Fe,Ti,etc. in a predetermined composition proportion and calcining the mixture to form a perfect solid solution in order to realize a thermistor which can be used in a high temperature range and demonstrates stable properties.
- A need now exists for the development of a thermistor element which can detect a temperature ranging from room temperature to a high temperature of about 1000° C., i.e. so-called wide-range-type thermistor element. However, conventional thermistor elements described in the above-mentioned Publication are suitable for detecting a temperature ranging from moderate to high temperature (e.g.400 to 1300° C.,etc.), but there is a problem at a temperature ranging from a low to a moderate temperature (e.g. room temperature to 400° C.,etc.) in that they cannot detect a temperature because the resistivity becomes too high to discriminate it from insulation. On the other hand, it is possible to adjust the resistivity properties by changing a composition or substitution proportion of complex perovskite oxides, but it has been found that these thermistor elements, which become to have a lower resistivity in order to be able to detect such a temperature, have too low resistivity in a range of a high temperature to satisfy the requirements of desired range of a resistivity (100Ω to 100 kΩ), or that their resistivity changes by 10 to 30% after a heat history so that the stability is poor.
- Thus, there is a need for development of a thermistor element which can detect a temperature ranging from room temperature to a high temperature of about 1000° C., having a small change in resistivity after a heat history. In addition, it is desirable that such a element has a high heat-resistance and a small change in resistivity even if the temperature is elevated up to about 1400-1500° C., in order to be durable in conditions which are often exposed to high temperatures of about 1000° C. In addition; it is preferable that the sintering temperature is lower so as to not to damage lead wire materials which are sintered together with a thermistor element, thus there has been a need for a thermistor element which can be easily sintered at lower than 1600° C.
- Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to provide so called a wide-range-type thermistor element which can satisfy two resistivity characteristics, i.e. has low resistivity characteristics of 100Ω-100 kΩ within a temperature range from room temperature to 1000° C. and also has stable characteristics (small change in resistivity in the heat history).
- In addition, a second object of the present invention is to provide a thermistor element which has high heat-resistance and a small change in resistivity at a high temperature of about 1400-1500° C. and which can be easily sintered at temperature lower than 1600° C.
- The thermistor element described in
claim 1 of the present invention is characterized in that the thermistor element comprises a mixed sintered body (MM′)O3·AOx of a composition of complex perovskite oxide presented as (MM′)O3, and metallic oxide presented as AOx, - wherein in said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3, M is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups 2A and 3A excluding La in the Periodic Table, and M′ is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups 3B, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A and 8 in the Periodic Table,
- wherein a and b satisfy the relations 0≦a<1.0, 0.05<b≦0.95 and a+b=1, where said a is a molar fraction of said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 of a mixed sintered body and said b is a molar fraction of said metallic oxide AOx,
- wherein said M in said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 is at least one or element selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Yb and Sc, and M′ is at least one element selected from Al, Ga, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Tc, Re, Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir and Pt,
- and wherein a metal A in said metallic oxide AOx is at least one element selected from B, Mg, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Zn, Ga, Ge, Sr, Zr, Nb, Sn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sn, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Hf and Ta.
- A conventional thermistor element composed of a perfect solid solution having a perovskite type structure cannot satisfy two characteristics, i.e. resitivity characteristics within a range from room temperature to 1000° C. and a resistive stability after a heat history, at the same time.
- Thus, in the present invention a novel thermistor element having the above two characteristics is accomplished by using a mixed sintered body prepared by mixing said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 having a comparatively low resistivity with said metallic oxide AOx having high resistivity and high heat resistance.
- Namely, said metallic oxide AOx can make said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O2 to have a high resistivity in a range of high temperature because said metallic oxide has a high resistivity. Furthermore, said metallic oxide can enhance the stability of a thermistor element in high temperature since it has a high melting point and outstanding heat resistance.
- Therefore, the present invention provides a wide-range-type thermistor element, having resistive stability, which has a resistivity of 100Ω-100 kΩ within a temperature range from room temperature to 1000° C. and a small change in resistivity after a heat history, so that it is preferably used in a temperature sensor, etc. to provide good performance within a wide temperature range
- As described in
claim 2, specified examples of said metallic oxide AOx contain at least one metallic oxide selected from MgO, SiO2, Sc2O3, TiO2, Cr2O3, MnO, Mn2O3, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, NiO, ZnO, Ga2O3, ZrO2, Nb2O5, SnO2, CeO2, Pr2O3, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, Lu2O3, HfO2, Ta2O5, MgAl2O4, Y2SiO5, 3Al2O3·2SiO2, YAlO3, Y3Al5O12, 2MgO·SiO2, CaSiO3 and MgCr2O4. These metallic oxides demonstrate a high resistivity and a high heat-resistance and contribute to an improved performance of a thermistor element. - As described in
claim 3, said metallic oxide AOx contains at least one metallic oxide selected from MgO, Sc2O3, ZrO2, Lu2O3, HfO2, Cr2O2, Pr2O2, Nd2O2, Sm2O2, Eu2O2, Gd2O3, Tb2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O2, CeO2 and MgCr2O4. These metallic oxides enhance heat-resistance so that a thermistor element can be completely durable at a high temperature of about 1400-1500° C. - As described in claim4, said metallic oxide AOx contains at least one metallic oxide selected from SiO2, TiO2, MnO, Mn2O3, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, NiO, ZnO, Ga2O3, Nb2O5, SnO2, Ta2O5, 2MgO·SiO2, MgAl2O4, CaSiO3, Y2SiO5, 3Al2O3·2SiO2, YAlO3 and Y3Al5O12, having an enhanced sinterbility which permits said oxide to be sintered at lower temperature than 1600° C.
- As described in
claim 5, at least one of CaO, CaCO3, SiO2 and CaSiO3 may be added to said mixed sintered body as a sintering aid. Said sintering aid gives said mixed sintered body an enhanced density and improved characteristic. - The invention described in claim6 provides a temperature sensor comprising a thermistor element according to any one of claims 1-5. Such a thermistor element can detect temperature over a wide range and has stable characteristics to provide a temperature sensor having a good performance and high durability.
- The invention described in claim7 relates to a method of producing the thermistor element, according to any one of claims 1-5, which comprises mixing said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 with said metallic oxide AOx; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of said metallic oxide before grinding; molding the mixture into an article having a predetermined shape; and sintering the article. The thermistor element was incorporated into a temperature sensor and the resistivity characteristics of the sensor were examined. As a result, it has been found that a detected temperature accuracy varies with the sensor in the level within the range from ±20 to 300° C. in the temperature range from room temperature to 1000° C.
- Hence, various conditions in the production step of the thermistor element were examined. As a result, it was sound that the scatter in temperature accuracy arises as follows. That is, since an average diameter of said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3(or (MM′)O3·AOx) obtained by the calcination is larger than that of said metallic oxide, both components are not uniformly mixed to cause a scatter in the composition of a mixed sintered body, which results in a scatter in resistivity of a thermistor element.
- It has been found that, using the method of claim7, both components may be mixed and ground by atomization to adjust an average particle diameter of this mixture to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of said metallic oxide AOx. That is, when using this production method, a variation in composition of the mixed sintered body is reduced and scatter in resistivity of a thermistor element can be reduced.
- Accordingly, it is possible to provide a wide-range-type thermistor element which can realize a small scatter in temperature accuracy.
- In a method of claim8, a method of producing a thermistor element comprises mixing a raw material of said M with a raw material of said M′ in said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of the raw material of said M before mixing and is not more than 0.5 μm; calcining the ground mixture to obtain said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3; mixing said (MM′)O3 with said metallic oxide AOx; molding the mixture into an article having a predetermined shape; and sintering the article.
- Further, it has been found that said temperature accuracy is also affected by the scatter in the calcined body itself of said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 (or (MM′)O2−AOx)). Therefore, it has been found that the scatter in resistivity of a thermistor element can be also reduced by mixing the raw material of M and the raw material M′, and grinding by atomization, to adjust an average particle diameter to not more than a predetermined level, in a step of preparing a calcined body. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a wide-range-type thermistor element which can realize small scatter in temperature accuracy when using this production method.
- In a method of claim9, a method of producing a thermistor element comprises mixing a raw material of said M with a raw material of said M′ in said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of the raw material of said M before mixing and is not more than 0.5 μm; calcining the ground mixture to obtain said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3; mixing said (MM′)O3 with said metallic oxide AOx; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of said metallic oxide AOx before mixing; molding the mixture into an article having a predetermined shape; and sintering the article. This method is a combination of methods of claims 7 and 8. By this combination of each effect of both methods, it is possible to provide a wide-range-type thermistor element which realizes a reduced temperature accuracy.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation illustrating a thermistor element of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 (a) is a schematic representation illustrating a temperature sensor using a thermistor element of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 (b) is a schematic sectional view illustrating a temperature sensor using a thermistor element of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a production step of a thermistor element of Example 1 (according to the production method (1)) of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a production step of a thermistor element of Example 2 (according to the production method (2)) of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a production step of a thermistor element of Example 3 (according to a combination of the production method (2) and the method (3)) of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a production step of a thermistor element of Example 4 (according to the production method (3)) of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a production step of a thermistor element of Example 5 (according to the production method (3)) of the present invention.
- The present invention is described, in more detail, as follows.
- A thermistor element of the present invention is composed of a mixed sintered body obtained by mixing a complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 with a metallic oxide AOx; and then sintering the mixture, represented by a chemical formula (1)
- a(MM′)O2·bAOx (1)
- wherein a is a molar fraction of (MM′)O3 and b is a molar fraction of AOx. (MM′)O3, which constitutes a thermistor element of the present invention, is a complex perovskite oxide wherein M is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups 2A and 3A excluding La in the Periodic Table, and M′ is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups consisting 3B, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7 and 8 in the Periodic Table. Since La has high moisture absorption property, there is a problem that La reacts with water in the air to form an unstable hydroxide, which results in the breakage of a thermistor element. Therefore, La is not used as M.
- Concretely, the element M contains, for example, Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba of the group 2A; and Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Yb and Sc of the group 3A. Further, M′ preferably contains, for example, Al and Ga of the group 3B; Ti, Zr and Hf of the group 4A; V, Nb and Ta of the group 5A; Cr, Mo and W of the group 6A; Mn, Tc and Re of the group 7A; and Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir and Pt of the group 8.
- The combination of M and M′ can be optionally selected to provide the desired resistivity characteristics. A complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O2 which M and M′ are adequately selected demonstrates low resistivity and low resistivity temperature coefficient (e.g. 1000-4000 (k)). Such a complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 preferably contains, for example, Y (Cr, Mn)O3, etc. When plural elements are selected as M or M′, the molar ratio of each element can be optionally selected based on desired resistivity characteristics.
- However, when a complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 is used alone as a thermistor element, resistive stability is incomplete and apt to decrease, in resistivity, within a high temperature range. Therefore, according to the present invention, a metallic oxide can be used to stabilize the resistivity of a thermistor element and maintain it within desired range.
- Accordingly, a metallic oxide AOx is required to have the characteristics as follows.
- {circle over (1)} high resistivity within a high temperature range, and
- {circle over (2)} high heat-resistance and a resistive stability within a high temperature range.
- Concretely, it is desired that regarding {circle over (1)}, a resistivity of a thermistor element made of AOx itself (not containing complex perovskite oxide) is not less than 1000Ω at 1000° C., when the element has a size and a shape which is usually used for a sensor, and that regarding said {circle over (2)}, AOx has a melting point not less than 1300° C. which is higher than the maximum temperature of common use of a sensor.
- In order to satisfy said characteristics {circle over (1)} and {circle over (2)}, a metal A in a metallic oxide AOx is preferably at least one element selected from B, Mg, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Zn, Ga, Ge, Sr, Zr, Nb, Sn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Hf, and Ta. Concretely, a metallic oxide AOx is preferably at least one element selected from MgO, SiO2, Sc2O3, TiO2, Cr2O3, MnO, Mn2O3, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, NiO, ZnO, Ga2O3, ZrO2, Nb2O5, SnO2, CeO2, Pr2O3, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O2, Tm2O2, Yb2O3, Lu2O3, HfO2 and Ta2O5.
- Alternatively, a metallic oxide AOx can be a complex metallic oxide containing at least one element selected from Mg, Y, Al and Si. Specified examples contain MgAl2O4, Y2SiO5, 3Al2O3·2SiO2, YAlO3, Y3Al5O12, 2MgO·SiO2, CaSiO3 and MgCr2O4, etc. and at least one complex metallic oxide selected from these ones can be used to satisfy characteristics {circle over (1)} and {circle over (2)}.
- These metallic oxides can be classified into two groups in view of the melting point.
Group 1 is a group of a metallic oxide of a melting point not less than 2000° C., having an effect on great enhancement of heat resistance of a thermistor element besides the above mentioned effects (desired resistivity characteristics and resistivity stability). - Metal oxides AOx belonging to this
group 1 include MgO, Sc2O3, ZrO2, Lu2O3, HfO2, Cr2O3, Pr2O3, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O2, Gd2O2, Tb2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, CeO2 and MgCr2O4. - A thermistor element mixed with such a metal oxide demonstrates little change in resistivity even when the temperature is elevated up to about 1400-1500° C. Among them, MgO, Sc2O3, ZrO2, Lu2O3 and HfO2, in particular, have a high melting point of not less then 2400° C. and have more effect on the heat resistance of a thermistor and thus they are useful in the environment usually exposed to a high temperature of about 1000° C.
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Group 2 is a group of metallic oxides with a melting point less than 2000° C., having an effect of enhancing sinterability of a thermistor element besides the above mentioned effects (desired resistivity characteristics and resistive stability). - Metal oxides AOx belonging to this
group 2 include SiO2, TiO2, MnO, Mn2O2, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, NiO, ZnO, Ga2O3, Nb2O5, SnO2, Ta2O5, 2MgO·SiO2, MgAl2O4, CaSiO3, Y2SiO5, 3Al2O3·2SiO2, YAlO3 and Y3Al5O12. A thermistor element containing such a metal oxide may be sintered at a temperature of less than 1600° C. so that it results in the advantage of a decrease in lead wire damage by sintering. - In addition, manufacturing costs can be reduced due to the decrease in the sintering temperature.
- In a mixed sintered body represented in the above mentioned formula (1), a is a molar fraction of complex oxide (MM′)O3 and b is a molar fraction of a metallic oxide AOx. In the present invention, it is preferable that these a and b satisfy the relations 0.005≦a<1.0, 0.05<b≦0.95 and a+b=1. A desired low resitivity and low resitivity temperature coefficient can be accomplished by optional selection of a and b within said range. Thus, these resistivity characteristics can be controlled over a wide range since a and b can be selected widely.
- Furthermore, this mixed wintered body can contain at least one of CaO, CaCO3, SiO2 and CaSiO3 as a sintering aid. Such a sintering aid forms liquid phase at a temperature at which a mixture composed of said complex oxide (MM′)O3 and said metallic oxide AOx is sintered, and thus the sintering is effectively promoted.
- Accordingly, the sintering density of the resulting mixed sintered body is improved to result in a resistivity stability of a thermistor element, as well as a reduced scatter in resistivity with a variation in sintering temperature. An amount of the sintering aid added is optionally adjusted depending on a type of said aid.
- A
thermistor element 1 composed of a mixed sintered body and a temperature S comprising said element is shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 1, in athermistor element 1, the respective ends of twoparallel lead wires element portion 13 into which said mixed sintered body is formed. For example, thecylindrical element portion 13 has an outer diameter of 1.60 mm.Said thermistor element 1 is incorporated into a typical temperature assay system to give a temperature sensor S. The temperature sensor S has a cylindrical heat-resistant metal case 2 and thethermistor element 1 is disposed in a left part as shown in FIG. 2(a). An end of ametal pipe 3 which passes through themetal case 2 is disposed in a right part of themetal case 2. As shown in FIG. 2(b), themetal pipe 3 has leadwires lead wires metal pipe 3, are respectively connected to leadwires wires metal pipe 3 is filled withmagnesia powder 33 to secure the insulation properties oflead wires metal pipe 3. - The wire diameter and length, etc. of the
lead wire - For the purpose of preventing the lead wires from breaking, the section can take any shape other than circular shape, e.g. rectangular shape, semi-circular shape, etc. It is also possible to use lead wires of the thermistor element after providing irregularities on lead wires surface by knurling.
- Methods (1), (2) and (3) of producing said thermistor element are subsequently described. The production methods (2) and (3) are partially different from the fundamental method (1). In any one method, the production step is roughly divided into a first preparation step of obtaining a calcined body of (MM′)O2, or (MM′)O3·AOx by calcinationand a second preparation step of compounding the resulting calcined body and AOx to form a mixed sintered body of a predetermined shape, to thereby obtain a thermistor element.
- In said fundamental method(1), a powdered oxide of these elements (MOx, M′Ox), etc. as the raw materials of M and M′, is first prepared, and then compounded so that desired composition is obtained (compounding (1) step). Subsequently, water, etc. is added to the compound, mixed by a ball mill, etc. (mixing step), dried by hot-air, and roughly ground by a chaser mill to obtain a mixed powder. This mixed powder is calcined to obtain a calcined body (MM′)O2(calcination step). A calcination temperature ranges usually from about 1000 to 1500° C. In order to obtain more uniform composition, a binder may be added in the mixing step, and the resulting mixture is granulated and dried by using a spray dryer and then the resulting mixed powder may be calcined. The calcination may be carried out twice or more.
- Further, a compound other than an oxide may be used as a raw material of M or M′.
- In the second preparation step, the resulting calcined body is compounded with AOx at molar fractions a and b so that the desired resistivity and resistivity temperature coefficient are obtained (compounding (2) step), mixed and ground by adding water and binder,etc. (mixing and grinding step). The resulting mixed powder is granulated and dried by using a spray drier, etc. (granulation/drying step), molded into an article having a predetermined shape incorporating a lead wire of Pt, etc. in a mold (molding step), and sintered (sintering step) to obtain a thermistor element composed of a mixed sintered body (MM′)O3·AOx. The sintering temperature is usually within a range from about 1200 to 1700° C. and is optionally selected to obtain the best stability of the thermistor properties.
- In the molding step, molding may be performed after inserting lead wires. It is also possible to form lead wires by molding, making a hole for providing the lead wire, inserting lead wires, followed by sintering, thereby making it possible to obtain a thermistor element. It is also possible to obtain a thermistor element by forming lead wires after sintering the molded article. Alternatively, it is also possible to obtain a thermistor element provided with lead wires by adding a binder, a resin material, etc. to raw materials of the thermistor element, mixing them, adjusting the viscosity and hardness of the mixture to those suitable for extrusion molding to obtain a molded thermistor having a hole for providing lead wires, inserting lead wires, followed by sintering, thereby making it possible to obtain a thermistor having lead wires.
- The thermistor element thus obtained constitutes a mixed sintered body prepared by uniformly mixing (MM′)O3 as a perovskite compound with metallic oxide AOx via grain boundaries. This thermistor element demonstrates a low resistivity of 100Ω to 100 kΩ necessary for use in a temperature sensor within a range from room temperature (e.g.27° C.) to 1000° C. Further, since a resistivity temperature co-efficient β can be controlled to 2000-4000 k. scatter in resistivity with a variation in temperature can be reduced. In addition, a change in resistivity ΔR in heat history from room temperature to 1000° C. can realize a level of about few %. Therefore, it is possible to provide a wide-range-type thermistor element which can detect a temperature ranging from room temperature to 1000° C. and has stable characteristics, that is, a change in resistivity is small in the heat history. Furthermore, a high heat-resistance against a high temperature of 1400-1500° C. may be provided when a metallic oxide of the
group 1 is selected. - On the other hand, sinterability is improved to make it possible to sinter said element at a temperature lower than 1600° C. when a metallic oxide of the
group 2 is selected. When a compound containing M contains an element A in a mixed sintered body (MM′)O3·AOx, a calcined body (MM′)O3·AOx can be obtained in the first preparation step by adding excess AOx which is an oxide of M in a compounding step to compound a raw material powder of M and M′, mixing and calcining. In this case, in the subsequent second preparation step, a mixed sintered body may be obtained by optionally mixing AOx, etc. with said calcined body to obtain desired molar ratio (a:b), granulating, molding, and then sintering. - The production method (2) is one in which the fundamental method (1) is partially altered. That is, in the above second preparation step, the average particle diameter of the resulting mixture is adjusted to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of AOx before mixing in the step of mixing and grinding a calcined body and AOx. As a grinding means for reducing the average particle diameter, a medium stirring mill can be used. As a grinding means, a ball (about 1 mmφ) made of ZrO2 can be used. Then, a thermistor element is obtained by granulating and drying, molding and sintering in the same manner as mentioned before.
- Based on resistivity-temperature data of a lot of temperature sensors produced by said method (1), the temperature accuracy is evaluated. As a result, it has been found that temperature accuracy (±A ° C.) is ±20-30° C. On the other hand, the thermistor material was observed by SEM, EPMA, etc. As a result, it has been found that an average particle diameter (e.g.2 to 5 μm in case of (MM′)O3) of AOx obtained after calcination in the first preparation step is larger than an average particle diameter (e.g. 1.0 μm or less in case of Dy2O3) of AOx to be mixed with and, therefore, both components are not uniformly mixed to cause a scatter in composition distribution of the mixed sintered body.
- Therefore, a mixture of a calcined body and AOx, etc. is atomized in a mixing and grinding step as in said method (2). Consequently, each component can be uniformly mixed to reduce a variation in composition of the mixed sintered body. This results in a reduced scatter in the resistivity of the thermistor element. According to this method, temperature accuracy (±A ° C.) can be reduced to ±10° C. or less. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a wide-range-type thermistor element, with high reliability, which can realize a sensor temperature accuracy better than a conventional level within a temperature range from room temperature to 1000° C. (a small scatter in temperature accuracy between sensors) in addition to effects due to the above-mentioned method (1). Furthermore, according to the said method (3), in said first preparation step, a raw material of M may be mixed and ground with a raw material of M′ to adjust an average particle diameter of this mixture to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of the raw material of M before mixing and is not more than 0.5 μm in the step of mixing and grinding an oxide of M′ and an oxide of M. As a grinding means for reducing the average particle diameter, a medium stirring mill can be used in the same manner as in the method (2). Thereafter, the mixed grind may be calcined and subjected to the second preparation step to obtain a thermistor element. In this method, since uniform mixing of each component is realized by uniform atomization of the raw materials of M and M′, a reduction in variation in a calcined body and inhibition of the existence of the unreacted raw material can be realized and scatter in the resistivity of the thermistor element can be reduced. Accordingly, according to this method, it is possible to provide a wide-range-type thermistor element with good sensor temperature accuracy (a small scatter in temperature accuracy between sensors) in addition to effects of the above mentioned method (1).
- In the production method (3), the mixing and grinding step of the second preparation step may be carried out by using a common ball mill, etc. as in the production method(1), but may also be performed by using a medium stirring mill, as in the production method (2). Thereby, uniform mixing of a calcined body and AOx, etc. is performed in the molding and sintering steps as the step after the mixing and grinding step. Accordingly, in addition to the above-described effect, the effect of the production method (2) that a uniform mixing of a calcined body and AOx, etc. can be provided. Therefore, scatter in the resistivity of a thermistor element can be further reduced.
- A temperature sensors using thermistor elements of the above-described production method (2) and (3) of the present invention are suitable for use in map control devices to which high temperature accuracy is required, e.g. a temperature monitor for an oxygen sensor for automobile exhaust gas, etc. because the temperature accuracy is controlled within ±10° C. or less.
- According to a flow chart of FIG. 3 illustrating a production step, a mixed sintered body of aY(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3·bDy2O3 was obtained from Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3, wherein Y was selected as M and Cr and Mn were selected as M′ in (MM′)O3, and Dy2O3 as AOx. As shown in Table 1, a molar ratio (a:b, a and b are molar fractions) of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3:Dy2O3 was 36:64 (Example 1). Further, thermistor elements with molar ratios (a:b) of 95:5 and 5:95 were obtained (Examples 1A and 1B). This production step corresponds to the above-described production method (1), and is divided into a first preparation step to obtain a calcined body Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3, and a second preparation step to obtain a thermistor element from the resulting calcined body and Dy2O3.
- In the first preparation step, Y2O3, Cr2O3 and Mn2O3 (purity of all components is not less than 99.9%) were first prepared as starting materials and then weighed so that a molar ratio Y:Cr:Mn becomes 2:1:1 to make 500 g as the total amount (compounding (1) step). An average particle diameter of Y2O3, Cr2O3 and Mn2O3 was 1.0 μm, 2.0-4.0 μm and 7.0-15.0 μm, respectively. Subsequently, using a resin pat (volume: 5 liter) containing Al2O3 or ZrO2 pebbles (φ15 mm: 2.5 kg, φ20 mm: 2.5 kg) as a ball mill, these weighed substances and 1500 cc of purified water were charged in the pot. The mixture was mixed at 60 rpm for 6 to 12 hours (mixing step). A mixed slurry after mixing was evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, an average particle diameter was 1.7 μm as shown in Table 2.
- A resulting mixed slurry containing Y2O3, Cr2O3 and Mn2O3 was transferred to a porcelain evaporating dish, and then dried by using a hot-air dryer at 150° C. for 12 hours or more to obtain a mixed solid. Subsequently, said mixed solid was roughly ground by using a chaser mill and passed through a sieve (#30 mesh) to obtain a mixed powder of Y2O3, Cr2O3 and Mn2O3. This mixed power was charged in a crucible made of 99.3% Al2O3 and then calcined in a high-temperature oven in the air at 1100 to 1300° C. for 1 to 2 hours (calcination step). A calcined body of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 as a bulk solid was obtained and roughly ground by using a chaser mill and passed through a sieve (#30 mesh) to obtain a powder.
- In the second preparation step, Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 which was obtained in the above-described first preparation step, and commercially available Dy2O3 (purity: 99.9% or more, an average particle diameter: 1.0 μm) were weighed so that a compounding molar ratio became to be a predetermined one as shown in Table 1, to make 500 g as the total amount.
- When the molar fraction of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and that of Dy2O3 are a and b(a+b=1) respectively, a molar ratio=a: b, and, therefore, a=0.36 and b=0.64 in Example 1.
- In case of the sintering, SiO2 and CaCO3, which are converted into a liquid phase within the range from 1500 to 1650° C., are used as a sintering aid and SiO2 and CaCO3 are added in an amount of 3 wt % and 4.5 wt %, respectively, based on the total amount (500 g) of the above Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and Dy2O3(compounding(2)step).
- Subsequently, the above Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3, Dy2O3, SiO2 and CaCO3 were charged in a resin pot (volume: 5 liter) containing a ball mill same as described in the first preparation step. After adding 1500 cc of purified water and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a binder, the mixture was mixed and ground at 60 rpm for 4 or more hours (mixing/grinding step). Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a binder was added in an amount of 1 g per 100 g of a mixed powder of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and Dy2O3. A resulting mixed ground slurry was evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, an average particle diameter was 2.5 μm as shown in Table 2.
- This mixed ground slurry was granulated and dried by using a spray dryer to obtain a mixed powder of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and Dy2O3 (granulation/drying step). A thermistor element having the same shape as shown in FIG. 1 was produced by using this mixed powder as a thermistor raw material. Using a lead wire (material: Pt100 (pure platinum)) having a size of 0.3 mmφ in outer diameter×10.5 mm in length, the lead wire was inserted and a thermistor raw material was molded in a mold having an outer diameter of 1.74φ under a pressure of about 1000 kg f/cm2 to obtain a molded article of a thermistor element (provided with embedded lead wires) having an outer diameter of 1.75 mmφ (molding step).
- The molded article for a
element portion 13 of athermistor element 1 was arranged on a corrugated setter made of Al2O3 and then sintered in the air at 1600° C. for 1 to 2 hours to obtain athermistor element 1 having an outer diameter of 1.60 mmφ of a mixed sintered body aY(Cr0.5Mn0.9)O3·bDy2O3(sintering step). - Each resulting thermistor element in Examples 1, 1A and 1B having a different compounding molar ratio (a:b), was respectively incorporated into a typical temperature sensor shown in FIG. 2 to give a temperature sensor.
- The temperature sensors made by incorporating the thermistor elements of Examples 1, 1A and 1B were put in a high-temperature oven and the temperature characteristics of the resistivity were evaluated within a range from room temperature (27° C.) to 1000° C. The results are shown in Table 1.
- A resistivity temperature coefficient β is represented by the equation(2):
- β(K)=1n (R/R o)/(1K−1/K o) (2)
- In the equation, in represents a common logarithm, and R and Ro respectively represent a resistivity of the thermistor element at room temperature (300 K) and that at 1000° C. (1273 K) in air. In addition, the change in resistivity ΔR represents a change in resistivity of the temperature sensor in a high-temperature durability test wherein each temperature sensor is allowed to stand in the air at 1100° C. for 100 hours, and is represented by the equation (3):
- ΔR (%)=(R′ t /R t)×100−100 (3)
- In the equation, Rt represents an initial resistivity at a predetermined temperature (e.g. 500° C.), and R′t represents a resistivity at a predetermined temperature t after standing for 1000 hours.
- As shown in Table 1, a resistivity is within a range of 110Ω-100 kΩ at a temperature ranging from room temperature to 1000° C., and a resistivity temperature coefficient β is within a desired range of 2200-2480 K. In addition, it could be confirmed that a change in resistivity ΔR can stably realize a level of about few %. Threfore, it is possible to provide a thermistor element which can detect a wide temperature ranging from room temperature to 1000° C. and stable characteristics, that is, a change in resistivity ΔR is small in the heat history from room temperature to 1000° C.
- The temperature accuracy of the temperature sensor made by incorporating the thermistor element of Example 1 was examined. The results are shown in Table 2. The evaluation method was as follows. That is, a standard deviation σ(sigma) of the resistivity at a predetermined temperature (e.g. 500° C.) is calculated from resistivity-temperature data of a lot of temperature sensors (e.g. 100 sensors). Using 6O (standard deviation) as a scatter width (two sides), a value A obtained by dividing the value, calculated by this scatter width of the resistivity based on the temperature, by 2 is represented as “temperature accuracy ±A ° C.”. As a result, it has been found that the temperature accuracy was ±23° C. which is satisfactorily suitable for use.
TABLE 1 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE Y(Cro.5Mn0.5)O3 Dy2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 1, 2, 3, 4 36 64 50 0.14 2300 −5.0 1A, 2A, 95 5 30 0.11 2200 −5.0 3A, 4A 1B, 2B, 5 95 100 0.18 2480 −5.0 3B, 4B -
TABLE 2 TEMPERATURE RAW MATERIAL COMPONENT AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER ACCURACY EXAMPLE IN CASE OF GRINDING AFTER MIXING (μm) AFTER GRINDING (μm) (° C.) 1 Y(CrMn)O3,Dy2O3 1.7 2.5 ±23 2 Y(CrMn)O3,Dy2O3 1.7 0.4 ±10 3 Y(CrMn)O3,Dy2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 4 Y(CrMn)O3,Dy2O3 0.3 1.6 ±9 5 Y(CrMn)O3,Pr2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±24) 6 Y(CrMn)O3,Sm2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±23) 7 Y(CrMn)O3,Nd2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±24) 8 Y(CrMn)O3,MgO 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±24) 9 Y(CrMn)O3,3Al2O3.2SiO2 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) - According to a production step shown in FIG. 4, a thermistor element composed of a mixed sintered body having the same composition of aY(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3·bDy2O3 as that of Example 1 was produced by another method. As shown in Table 1 a molar ratio (a:b) of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and Dy2O2 was 36:64 (Example 2). In the same manner, thermistor elements with molar ratios 95:5 and 5:95 were also produced (Examples 2A and 2B, respectively). This production step corresponds to the above-described production method (2), and thus in a mixing/grinding step of a second preparation step, a medium stirring mill was used instead of a ball mill in Example 1. In the first preparation step, a mixed slurry was obtained by weighing Y2O3, Cr2O3 and Mn2O3 (compounding (1) step) and mixing by a ball mill (mixing step) in the same manner as in Example 1.
- This mixed slurry was evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, the average particle diameter was 1.7 μm (Table 2). This average particle diameter is larger than an average particle diameter (1.0 cm) of Dy2O3 before mixing.
- This mixed slurry of Y2O3, Cr2O3 and Mn2O3 was transferred to a porcelain evaporating dish, and then dried by using a hot-air drier at 100-150° C. for 12-17 hours. Subsequently this mixed solid was roughly ground by using a chaser mill and passed through a sieve (#30 mesh) to obtain a mixed powder of Y2O3, Cr2O3 and Mn2O2. This mixed powder was charged in a crucible made of 99.3% Al2O3 and then calcined in a high-temperature oven in the air at 1100° C. for 2 hours to obtain Y (Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 as a bulk solid (calcinations step). This bulk solid was then roughly ground by using a chaser mill and passed through a sieve (#30 mesh) to obtain a power. In the second preparation step, Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 powder obtained in said first preparation step, and commercially available Dy2O3 (purity: 99.9% or more, an average particle diameter 1.0 μm) were weighed so that a compounding molar ratio (a:b) became a predetermined ratio to make 2000 g as the total amount. In the case of sintering, SiO2 and CaCO3 which were converted into a liquid phase within the range from 1500-1650° C., were used as a sintering aid and SiO2 and CaCO3 were added in an amount of 60 g(3 wt %) and 90 g(4.5 wt %), respectively, based on the total amount (2000 g) of the above Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and Dy2O3 (compounding (2) step).
- A pearl mill device (manufactured by Ashizawa Co., Ltd., RV1V, effective volume: 1.0 liter, actual volume: 0.5 liter) was used as a median stirring mill to granulate Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3, Dy2O3, SiO2 and CaCO3. In this step, 3.0 kg of ZrO2 balls (diameter: 0.5 mm) were used as a grinding medium and 80% of the volume of a stirring vessel were filled with ZrO2 balls. Using 4.5 liter of distilled water as a dispersing medium relative to 2150 g of the ground raw material, a binder, a releasant and a dispersant were added, followed by mixing and grinding for 10 hrs. The operation conditions were as follows: circumferential rate: 12 m/sec, revolution: 3110 rpm. As a binder, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was added in an amount of 1 g per 100 g of the ground raw material. The resulting mixed ground slurry was evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, an average particle diameter was 0.4 μm (Table 2).
- This mixed ground slurry was granulated and dried under the conditions of a drying chamber inlet temperature of 200° C. and outlet temperature of 120° C. by using a spray dryer. The resulting granulated powder was a spherical powder having an average particle diameter of 30 μm, and molding of the thermistor element is performed by using this granulated powder (molding step). The resulting molded article of the thermistor element was arranged on a corrugated setter made of Al2O3 and then sintered in the air at 1600° C. for 1 hour to obtain a thermistor element (sintering step). The resulting thermistor elements of Examples 2, 2A and 2B are then incorporated into a temperature sensor in the same manner as in Example 1 and temperature characteristics of the resistivity of each temperature sensor was evaluated. The evaluation results are shown in Table 1. Further, the temperature accuracy of a thermistor element of Example 2 was also evaluated. The evaluation results was shown in Table 2.
- As shown in Table 1, themistor elements of Examples 2, 2A and 2B show the same temperature characteristics of the resistivity, this is, a low resistivity and a low resistivity temperature coefficient, as that described in Examples 1, 1A and 2B. Thus, it can be appreciated that the same temperature characteristics of the resistivity can be realized for each compounding molar ratio even when using different production methods. Regarding temperature accuracy, this Example 2 shows the lowered temperature accuracy of ±10° C. as is apparent from Table 2, while it is ±23° C. in Example. Namely, according to this Example the scatter can be smaller.
- According to a production step shown in FIG. 5, a thermistor element composed of a mixed sintered body having the same composition aY(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3·bDy2O3 as that of Example 1 was produced by another method. As shown in Table 1, a molar ratio (a:b) of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and Dy2O3 was 36:64 (Example). In the same manner, thermistor elements with molar ratios 95:5 and 5:95 were also produced (Examples 3A and 3B, respectively). This production step corresponds to a combination of the above-described production method (2) with the method (3). A medium stirring mill is used both in mixing step of the first preparation stop and in mixing/grinding step of the second production step.
- In the first preparation step, raw materials Y2O3, Cr2O3 and Mn2O3 were separately weighed to make 2000 g as the total amount (compounding (1) step). Subsequently, these raw-materials are atomized by a medium stirring mill. A pearl mill device was used as a medium stirring mill in the same manner in Example 2. Using 4.5 liter of distilled water as a dispersing medium relative to 2036 g of the raw material, a binder, a releasant and a dispersant were added, followed by mixing and grinding for 10 hours (mixing step). The operation conditions were as follows: circumferential rate: 12 m/sec, revolutions: 3110 rpm. As a binder, polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) was added in an amount of 20 g per 2036 g of raw material. This mixed ground slurry was evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, an average particle diameter was 0.3 μm (Table 2). This is smaller than an average particle diameter (1.0 μm) of Y2O3 before mixing and smaller than 0.5 μm.
- The resulting slurry was dried under the conditions of a drying chamber inlet temperature of 200° C. and outlet temperature of 120° C. by using a spray dryer. The resulting powder was a spherical powder having an average particle diameter of 30 μm. This raw material powder was charged in a crucible made of 99.3% Al2O3 and then calcined in a high-temperature oven in the air at 1100-1300° C. for 1-2 hours (calcination step). A calcined body of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 as a bulk solid was obtained and roughly ground by using a chaser mill and passed through a sieve(#30 mesh) to obtain a powder.
- In the second preparation step, the resulting Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 containing powder, and Dy2O3 powder (an average particle diameter: 1.0 μm) were weighed so that a molar ratio becomes to be a predetermined one to make 2000 g as the total amount. In addition, as a sintering aid, SiO2 and CaCO3 were added in an amount of 3 wt %(60 g) and 4.5 wt(90 g) (compounding step).
- Said compounded material was atomized by using a pearl mill device as a medium stirring mill (mixing/grinding step). The conditions in this step was the same as that of the mixing one of the above described first preparation step. The resulting mixed ground slurry was evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, an average particle diameter was 0.3 μm(Table 2). This is smaller than an average particle diameter 0.1 μm) of Dy2O3 before mixing.
- This mixed ground slurry was granulated and dried by using a spray dryer (granulation/drying step), molded (molding step) and then sintered(sintering step) to obtain a thermistor element in the same manner as in a example 1. The resulting thermistor elements of Examples 3, 3A and 3B were then incorporated into temperature sensors in the same manner as in Example 1 and temperature characteristics of the resistivity of each temperature sensor were evaluated. The evaluation results are shown in Table 1. Further, the temperature accuracy of a thermistor element of Example 3 was also evaluated (Table 2). The evaluation results was shown in Table 2.
- As shown in Table 1, thermistor elements of Examples 3, 3A and 3B show the same temperature characteristics of the resistivity as that of described in Example 1, 1A and 1B respectively. Thus, it is appreciated that the same temperature characteristics of the resistivity can be realized in the above-described Examples and that the temperature characteristics depend on the compounding molar ratio. In addition, regarding a temperature accuracy, a much better temperature accuracy of ±5° C. is shown, as is apparent from Table 2, while it is ±10° C. in Example 1. Namely, smaller scatter can be obtained by this method of this Example.
- According to a production step shown in FIG. 6, a thermistor element composed of a mixed sinter having the same composition of aY(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3·bDy2O3 as that of Example 1 was produced by another method. As shown in Table 1 a molar ratio (a:b) of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and Dy2O3 was 36:64 (Example 4). In the same manner, thermistor elements with molar ratio 95:5 and 5:95 were also produced (Examples 4A and 4B, respectively). This production step corresponds to the above-described production method (3), and thus a medium stirring mill was used in a mixing step of the first preparation step,. In a mixing/grinding step of the second preparation step, a ball mill is used instead of a medium stirring mill, differing from Example 3.
- The first preparation step is carried out in the same manner as in the above described Example 3, and raw materials were weighed (compounding (1) step), mixed and ground by using a medium stirring mill (mixing step) and then sintered (sintering step). A mixed ground slurry was also evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, an average particle diameter was 0.3 μm(Table 2). This is smaller than an average particle diameter of Y2O3(1.0 μm) before mixing and smaller than 0.5 μm.
- In the second preparation stop, Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 powder and Dy2O3 powder (an
average particle diameter 1. μm) were weighed so that a compounding molar ratio became a predetermined ratio to make 2000 g as the total amount (compounding (2) step). The weighed power was then mixed and ground by using a ball mill. Using a resin pot (volume: 20 liter) containing Al2O3 (φ15 mm: 1.0 kg, φ20 m: 10 kg) as a ball mill, these weighed materials and 6000 mL of purified water were charged in the pot. The mixture was mixed at 60 rpm for 6 hours and ground (mixing/grinding step). The resulting mixed ground slurry was evaluated by using a laser type granulometer. As a result, an average particle diameter was 1.6 μm (Table 2). This is larger than that of Dy2O3(1.0 μm) before mixing. - This mixed ground slurry was granulated and dried by using a spray dryer (granulation/drying step), molded (molding step) and then sintered (sintering step)to obtain a thermistor element in the same manner as in Example 1. The resulting thermistor elements of Examples 4, 4A and 4B were incorporated into a temperature sensor in the same manner as in Example 1 and temperature characteristics of resistivity of each temperature were evaluated. The evaluation results are shown in Table 1. Further, the temperature accuracy of a thermistor element of Example 4 was also evaluated (Table 2).
- As shown in Table 1, thermistor element of Examples 4, 4A and 4B show the same temperature characteristics of the resistivity as that of described in Examples 1, 1A and 1B resistively, Thus, it is appreciated that the same temperature characteristics of the resistivity can be realized in the above-described Examples and that the temperature characteristics depend on the compounding molar ratio. In addition, regarding a temperature accuracy, a good result (±9° C.) can be obtained in Example 3 as shown in Table 2. Namely, it is confirmed that a lower scatter than that of Example 1(±23° C.) can be accomplished by atomizing in the first preparation step.
- A thermistor element having a composition of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 alone without using Dy2O3 for stabilizing the resistivity was comparatively produced. In the same manner as in Example 1 except for non- adding of Dy2O3, a thermistor element composed of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 was produced and then evaluated as a temperature sensor. The evaluation method was the same as in Example 1 and the results are shown in Table 3. As is apparent from Table 3, in case that Dy2O3 is not used, the resistivity at high temperature range of 1000° C. is too low (40Ω) and, therefore the temperature cannot be detected. As is also apparent from the results of the high-temperature durability test (change in resistivity), the change in resistivity ΔR exceeds ±20% and, therefore, a thermistor element having stable temperature characteristics of the resistivity cannot be provided.
- A thermistor element having the composition of YTiO3 alone without using Dy2O3 for stabilizing the resistivity was comparatively produced. In the same manner as in Example 1 except for the adding of Dy2O3, a thermistor element composed of YTiO3 was produced by using Y2O3 and TiO2 as starting materials, and then evaluated as a temperature sensor. The evaluation method was the same as in Example 1 and the results are shown in Table 3. As is apparent from Table3, in case that Dy2O3 is not used, the resistivity at low temperature range of room temperature (27° C.) is too high (more than 1000 kΩ) and, therefore the temperature cannot be detected. As is also apparent from the results of the high-temperature durability test (change in resistivity), the change in resistivity ΔR exceeds ±20% and, therefore, a thermistor element having stable temperature characteristics of the resistivity cannot be provided.
TABLE 3 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISITIVITY ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN COMPARATIVE COMPOSITION OF TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE ELEMENT PORTION (27 ° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 1 Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 10 0.04 2170 −20.0 2 YTiO3 >1000 0.2 12200 −40.0 - According to a production step shown in FIG. 1, a thermistor element composed of a complex perovskite oxide Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and various metallic oxides shown in Table 2 was produced. Pr2O3(Example 5), Sm2O3(Example 6), Nd2O3(Example 7), MgO(Example 8) were used as AOx, respectively. This production step is basically the same as in Example 3, and thus raw materials are atomized by a medium stirring mill both in the mixing step of the first preparation step and in the mixing/grinding step of the second preparation step.
- In the first preparation step, Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 powder was obtained in the same manner as in Example 3. The second preparation step was carried out in the same manner as in Example 3 except for using the above-described metallic oxides AOx instead of Dy2O3. The molar ratios of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and these metallic oxide were adjusted respectively as listed in Tables 4-7, and thermistor elements were produced according to the same manner as in Example 3 (Examples 5-8). Pr2O3, Sm2O3, Nd2O3 and MgO used as raw materials had high purity (99.9% and more). An average particle diameters of Pr2O3, Sm2O3, Nd2O3 and MgO were 1.0 μm, 1.0 μm and 2 μm, respectively.
- Further, in the same manner, various thermistor elements were produced, where molar ratios of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and various metallic oxides of Examples 5-8 were changed shown as in Tables 4-7, respectively (Examples 5A-8A and 5B-8B). The temperature sensors made by incorporating the resulting thermistor elements were evaluated regarding the respective temperature characteristics of the resistivity. The evaluation method was the same as in example 1. The results are shown in Tables 4-7. As is apparent from Tables 4-7, the above-described thermistor elements can realize almost the same effects as those described in Example 3 regarding the temperature characteristics of the resistivity.
- In addition, the evaluation results of the temperature accuracy with respect to thermistor elements of Examples 5-8 are shown in Table 2. The numerical values in parenthesis of the temperature accuracy column in Table 2 mean the temperature accuracy with respect to thermistor elements which were obtained by using a ball mill both in the first and second preparation step in the same manner as in Example 1. As is apparent from comparing both data, regarding the temperature sensors of these Example, a smaller scatter in a temperature accuracy (±A ° C.) of ±5° C. can be obtained, while the temperature sensors obtained by the same manner as in Example 1 show a scatter of ±23° C.-±25° C. Further, an average particle diameter after mixing in the first preparation step are shown in Table 2 along with one after mixing/grinding step in the second preparation step.
TABLE 4 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Pr2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 5 40 60 50 0.14 2307 −5.0 5A 95 5 30 0.13 2136 −5.0 5B 5 95 100 0.16 2527 −5.0 -
TABLE 5 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSTION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Sm2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 6 35 60 50 0.14 2307 −5.0 6A 95 5 30 0.1 2239 −5.0 6B 5 95 100 0.16 2527 −5.0 -
TABLE 6 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Nd2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 7 34 66 50 0.13 2336 −5.0 7A 95 5 30 0.1 2239 −5.0 7B 5 95 100 0.15 2552 −5.0 -
TABLE 7 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 MgO (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 8 44 56 50 0.06 2640 −5.0 8A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5.0 8B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5.0 - Using a complex metallic oxide 3Al2O3·2SiO2(mullite) as metallic oxide as shown in Table 2, a thermistor element was produced in the same manner as in the above-described Example 5. As shown in Table 8, a molar ratio (a:b) of complex perovskite oxide Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and a metallic oxide was 39:1. A thermistor element was produced in the same manner as in Example 5 except for using 3Al2O3·2SiO2 instead of Pr2O3 in compounding (2) step of the second preparation step in a flow chart of FIG. 7 (Example 9).
- In the same manner, thermistor elements with molar ratios 95:5 and 5:95 were also produced (Examples 9A and 9B). 3Al2O3·2SiO2 used had a high purity (99.9% or more) and an average particle diameter of 2 μm.
- The temperature sensors made by incorporating the resulting thermistor elements were evaluated regarding the respective temperature characteristics of the resistivity. The evaluation method was the same as in Example 1. The results are shown in Table 8. As is apparent from Table 8, this thermistor element can realize almost the same effect as that described in Example 3 regarding the temperature characteristics of the resistivity. In addition, the evaluation result of the temperature accuracy of the thermistor element of this Example was shown in Table 2. Regarding a thermistor element of this Example, a temperature accuracy of ±5° C. (small scatter) can be obtained.
TABLE 8 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 3Al2O3.2SiO2 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 9 39 61 50 0.07 2579 −3.0 9A 95 5 30 0.06 2439 −3.0 9B 5 95 100 0.09 2753 −3.0 - Thermistor elements composed of a complex oxide Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and various metallic oxides shown in Tables 9-12 were produced in the same manner as in Example 5. Complex oxides YAlO3 (Example 10), YAl5O12 (Example 11), MgAl2O3 (Example 12), and Y2SiO5 (Example 13) were used as AOx respectively. Molar ratios (a:b) of a complex perovskite oxide Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and metallic oxides were adjusted as shown in Tables 9-12. Thermistor elements are produced in the same as in Example 5 except for using said various complex oxides instead of Pr2O3 in the compounding (2) step of the second preparation step shown in FIG. 7 (Examples 10-13). Further, in the same manner, various Thermistor elements were produced, where molar ratios (a:b) were changed as shown in Tables 9-12, respectively (Examples 10A-13A and 10-13B). Raw materials used had a high purity (99.9% and more) and an average particle of 1-3 μm.
- The temperature sensors made by incorporating the resulting thermistor elements were evaluated regarding the respective temperature characteristics of the resistivity. The evaluation method was the same as in Example 1. The results are shown in Tables 9-12. As is apparent from Tables 9-12, thermistor elements of these Examples can realize almost the same effect as that described in Example 3 regarding the temperature characteristics of the resistivity. In addition, the temperature accuracy of thermistor elements of Examples 10-13 were evaluated. As a result, all of them demonstrated a good temperature accuracy of ±50° C.
TABLE 9 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 YAlO3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 10 38 62 50 0.14 2307 −5.0 10A 95 5 30 0.1 2239 −5.0 10B 5 95 100 0.16 2527 −5.0 -
TABLE 10 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Y3Al5O12 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 11 39 61 50 0.14 2307 −5.0 11A 95 5 30 0.1 2239 −5.0 11B 5 95 100 0.16 2527 −5.0 -
TABLE 11 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 MgAl2O4 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 12 40 60 50 0.06 2640 −5.0 12A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5.0 12B 5 95 100 0.07 2851 −5.0 -
TABLE 12 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Y2SiO5 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 13 37 63 50 0.07 2579 −5.0 13A 95 5 30 0.06 2439 −5.0 13B 5 95 100 0.08 2798 −5.0 - According to a production stop shown in FIG. 7, thermistor elements composed of a complex perovskite oxide Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and various metallic oxides shown in Tables 13 and 14 were produced in the same manner as in Examples 5-8. This production step is the same as in Examples 5-8 except for using said various metallic oxides shown in Tables 13 and 14 in the compounding (2) step, and changing molar rations of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and these metallic oxides to ones shown in Tables 15-42 (Examples 14-41). Metallic oxides used as raw materials have a high purity (99.9% and more) and an average particle diameter of MgCr2O4; 2MgO·SiO and CaSiO3 is 2 μm, the particle diameters of the others being 1.0 μm.
TABLE 13 TEMPERATURE RAW MATERIAL COMPONENT AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER ACCURACY EXAMPLE IN CASE OF GRINDING AFTER MIXING (μm) AFTER GRINDING (μm) (° C.) 14 YCrMnO3,Sc2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 15 YCrMnO3,ZrO2 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 16 YCrMnO3,Lu2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 17 YCrMnO3,HlO2 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 18 YCrMnO3,Cr2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 19 YCrMnO3,Eu2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 20 YCrMnO3,Gd2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 21 YCrMnO3,Tb2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 22 YCrMnO3,Ho2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 23 YCrMnO3,Er2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 24 YCrMnO3,Tm2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 25 YCrMnO3,Yb2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 26 YCrMnO3,MgCr2O4 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±27) 27 YCrMnO3,CeO2 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) -
TABLE 14 TEMPERATURE RAW MATERIAL COMPONENT AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER AVERAGE PARTICLE DIAMETER ACCURACY EXAMPLE IN CASE OF GRINDING AFTER MIXING (μm) AFTER GRINDING (μm) (° C.) 28 YCrMnO3,SiO2 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±24) 29 YCrMrO3,TiO2 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 30 YCrMnO3,MnO 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 31 YCrMnO3,Mn2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 32 YCrMnO3,Fe2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 33 YCrMnO3,Fe3O4 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 34 YCrMnO3,NiO 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 35 YCrMnO3,ZnO 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 36 YCrMnO3,Ga2O3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 37 YCrMnO3,Nb2O5 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 38 YCrMnO3,SnO2 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 39 YCrMnO3,Ta2O5 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±25) 40 YCrMnO3,2MgO.SiO2 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±24) 41 YCrMnO3,CaSiO3 0.3 0.3 ±5 (±23) - Further, in the same manner, various thermistor elements were produced, where molar ratios of Y(Cr0.5Mn0.5)O3 and each metallic oxide are changed as shown in Tables 15-42, respectively (Examples 14A-41A and 14B-41B). The temperature sensors made by incorporating the resulting thermistor elements were evaluated regarding the respective temperature characteristics of the resistivity. The evaluation method was same as in Example 1. The results are shown in Tables 15-42. As is apparent from Tables 15-42, the thermistor elements of Examples 14-41 can realize the same effects as that described in above-described Examples.
TABLE 15 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Sc2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 14 42 58 50 0.06 2640 −5 14A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 14B 5 95 100 0.08 2851 −5 -
TABLE 16 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 ZrO2 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 15 34 66 50 0.12 2368 −5 15A 95 5 30 0.10 2239 −5 15B 5 95 100 0.15 2552 −5 -
TABLE 17 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Lu2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 16 42 58 50 0.06 2640 −5 16A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 16B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 18 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 HfO2 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 17 40 60 50 0.07 2579 −5 17A 95 5 30 0.06 2439 −5 17B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 19 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Cr2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 18 33 67 50 0.11 2517 −5 18A 95 5 30 0.10 2239 −5 18B 5 95 100 0.14 2579 −5 -
TABLE 20 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Eu2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 19 41 59 50 0.06 2640 −5 19A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 19B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 21 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Gd2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 20 41 59 50 0.06 2640 −5 20A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 20B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 22 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Tb2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 21 41 59 50 0.06 2640 −5 21A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 21B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 23 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Ho2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 22 40 60 50 0.07 2579 −5 22A 95 5 30 0.06 2439 −5 22B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 24 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Er2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 23 40 60 50 0.07 2579 −5 23A 95 5 30 0.06 2439 −5 23B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 25 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Tm2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 24 40 60 50 0.07 2579 −5 24A 95 5 30 0.06 2439 −5 24B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 26 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 Yb2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 25 40 60 50 0.14 2307 −5 25A 95 5 30 0.13 2136 −5 25B 5 95 100 0.16 2527 −5 -
TABLE 27 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 MgCr2O4 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 26 42 58 50 0.06 2640 −5 26A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 26B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 28 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 CeO2 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 27 34 66 50 0.12 2368 −5 27A 95 5 30 0.10 2239 −5 27B 5 95 100 0.15 2552 −5 -
TABLE 29 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 SiO2 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 28 39 61 50 0.11 2402 −5 28A 95 5 30 0.09 2280 −5 28B 5 95 100 0.14 2579 −5 -
TABLE 30 RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 TiO2 (27° C.) 1000° C. β (K) ΔR (%) 29 30 70 50 0.12 2368 −5 29A 95 5 30 0.10 2239 −5 29B 5 95 100 0.15 2552 −5 -
TABLE 31 RESISTIVITY RESIS- (KΩ) TIVITY RAW ROOM TEMPER- CHANGE MATERIAL TEM- ATURE IN COMPOSITION PERA- COEFFI- RESIS- EXAM- (mol %) TURE CIENT TIVITY PLE YCrMnO3 MnO (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) ΔR(%) 30 30 70 50 0.07 2579 −5 30A 95 5 30 0.06 2439 −5 30B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 32 RESISTIVITY RESIS- (KΩ) TIVITY RAW ROOM TEMPER- CHANGE MATERIAL TEM- ATURE IN EX- COMPOSITION PERA- COEFFI- RESIS- AM- (mol %) TURE CIENT TIVITY PLE YCrMnO3 Mn2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) ΔR(%) 31 35 65 50 0.12 2368 −5 31A 95 5 30 0.10 2239 −5 31B 5 95 100 0.15 2552 −5 -
TABLE 33 RESISTIVITY RESIS- (KΩ) TIVITY RAW ROOM TEMPER- CHANGE MATERIAL TEM- ATURE IN EX- COMPOSITION PERA- COEFFI- RESIS- AM- (mol %) TURE CIENT TIVITY PLE YCrMnO3 Fe2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) ΔR(%) 32 32 68 50 0.07 2579 −5 32A 95 5 30 0.06 2439 −5 32B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 34 RESISTIVITY RESIS- (KΩ) TIVITY RAW ROOM TEMPER- CHANGE MATERIAL TEM- ATURE IN EX- COMPOSITION PERA- COEFFI- RESIS- AM- (mol %) TURE CIENT TIVITY PLE YCrMnO3 Fe3O4 (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) ΔR(%) 33 33 67 50 0.07 2579 −5 33A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 33B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 35 RESISTIVITY RESIS- (KΩ) TIVITY RAW ROOM TEMPER- CHANGE MATERIAL TEM- ATURE IN COMPOSITION PERA- COEFFI- RESIS- EXAM- (mol %) TURE CIENT TIVITY PLE YCrMnO3 NiO (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) ΔR(%) 34 34 66 50 0.11 2402 −5 34A 95 5 30 0.09 2280 −5 34B 5 95 100 0.13 2608 −5 -
TABLE 36 RESISTIVITY RESIS- (KΩ) TIVITY RAW ROOM TEMPER- CHANGE MATERIAL TEM- ATURE IN COMPOSITION PERA- COEFFI- RESIS- EXAM- (mol %) TURE CIENT TIVITY PLE YCrMnO3 ZnO (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) ΔR(%) 35 30 70 50 0.06 2640 −5 35A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 35B 5 95 100 0.07 2851 −5 -
TABLE 37 RESISTIVITY RESIS- (KΩ) TIVITY RAW ROOM TEMPER- CHANGE MATERIAL TEM- ATURE IN EX- COMPOSITION PERA- COEFFI- RESIS- AM- (mol %) TURE CIENT TIVITY PLE YCrMnO3 Ga2O3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) ΔR(%) 36 41 59 50 0.06 2640 −5 36A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 36B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 38 RESISTIVITY RESIS- (KΩ) TIVITY RAW ROOM TEMPER- CHANGE MATERIAL TEM- ATURE IN EX- COMPOSITION PERA- COEFFI- RESIS- AM- (mol %) TURE CIENT TIVITY PLE YCrMnO3 Nb2O5 (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) ΔR(%) 37 40 60 50 0.06 2640 −5 37A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 37B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 -
TABLE 39 RESISTIVITY RESIS- (KΩ) TIVITY RAW ROOM TEMPER- CHANGE MATERIAL TEM- ATURE IN COMPOSITION PERA- COEFFI- RESIS- EXAM- (mol %) TURE CIENT TIVITY PLE YCrMnO3 SnO2 (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) ΔR(%) 38 34 66 50 0.11 2402 −5 38A 95 5 30 0.09 2280 −5 38B 5 95 100 0.14 2579 −5 -
TABLE 40 RESISTIVITY RESIS- (KΩ) TIVITY RAW ROOM TEMPER- CHANGE MATERIAL TEM- ATURE IN EX- COMPOSITION PERA- COEFFI- RESIS- AM- (mol %) TURE CIENT TIVITY PLE YCrMnO3 Ta2O5 (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) ΔR(%) 39 30 70 50 0.06 2640 −5 39A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 39B 5 95 100 0.07 2851 −5 -
TABLE 14 RAW MATERIAL RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 2MgO.SiO2 (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) Δa (%) 40 40 60 50 0.11 2402 −5 40A 95 5 30 0.9 2280 −5 40B 5 95 100 0.14 2579 −5 -
TABLE 42 RAW MATERIAL RESISTIVITY (KΩ) RESISTIVITY COMPOSITION ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN (mol %) TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT RESISTIVITY EXAMPLE YCrMnO3 CaSiO3 (27° C.) 1000° C. β(K) Δa (%) 41 40 60 50 0.06 2640 −5 41A 95 5 30 0.05 2511 −5 41B 5 95 100 0.08 2799 −5 - In addition, the evaluation results of the temperature accuracy with respect thermistor elements of examples 14-41 were shown in Tables 13 and 14. The numerical values in parenthesis of the temperature accuracy column in Tables 13 and 14 mean the temperature accuracy with respect to thermistor elements which were obtained using a ball mill both in the first and second preparation steps in the same manner as Example 1. As is apparent from comparing both data, regarding the temperature sensors of these Example, smaller scatters in a temperature accuracy (±A ° C.) of ±5° C. can be obtained, while the temperature sensors obtained by the same manner as in Example 1 show a scatter of ±23° C. Further, an average particle diameter after mixing in the first preparation step is shown in Table 2 along with one after mixing/grinding step in the second preparation step.
- As mentioned above, according to the present invention, the resistivity and resistivity temperature coefficient of a thermistor element can be controlled in a desired range to stabilize the characteristics by optionally compounding a complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 having a low resistivity and resistivity temperature coefficient with a metallic oxide AOx having a high resistivity in a range of high temperature and high heat resistance, and sintering. Therefore, the present invention can provide a thermistor element which can detect temperature of a wide range from room temperature to 1000° C., and have stable characteristics, that is a small change in resistivity in the heat history from room temperature to 1000° C. to highly improve reliability and durability of a temperature sensor.
- Furthermore, according to a method of producing a thermistor element of the present invention, the temperature accuracy (±A ° C.) can be reduced to ±10° C. or less by atomizing raw materials for a thermistor element and controlling an average particle within a predetermined range to obtain a uniformly mixed composition. Thereby, it is possible to provide a temperature sensor with a improved accuracy.
- Various metallic oxides AOx used in the above-described Examples 1-41 were classified to a
group 1 containing oxides with a melting point not lower than 2000° C. and anothergroup 2 containing oxide with a melting point lower than 2000° C. Sintering temperatures of thermistor elements of the above-described Examples 1-41 and the evaluation results of heat resistance were shown in Tables 43-45. Table 43 contains oxides with a melting point not lower than 2400° C. among thegroup 1, and Table 44 contains oxides with a melting point not lower than 2000° C. and lower than 2400° C. among thegroup 1 Table 45 contains oxides belonging to thegroup 2. The sintering temperature is a temperature at which the most stable resistivity characteristics can be obtained in each thermistor composition of the above-described Examples 1-41 Heat resistance of a thermistor element is evaluated as follows: Thermistor elements having each composition are charged into a high temperature oven and maintained at the evaluation temperature (1200° C., 1400° C. and 1500° C.) for 100 hours, and change in resistivity of elements was measured. The evaluation was carried out based on the following standards.Change in resistivity (%) = ((resistivity after testing/ resistivity before testing (initial) − 1) × 100 Standards for judging ◯: change in resistivity less than 5% □: change in resistivity of 5%-10% X: change in resistivity not less than 10% -
TABLE 43 SINTERING EVALUATION TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE OF MELTING POINT OF THERMISTOR HEAT-RESISTANCE TEST AOx OF AOx (° C.) ELEMENT (° C.) 1200° C. 1400° C. 1500° C. MgO 3073 1650 ◯ ◯ ◯ Sc2O3 2678 1650 ◯ ◯ ◯ ZrO2 2690 1650 ◯ ◯ ◯ Lu2O3 2427 1650 ◯ ◯ ◯ HlO2 2790 1650 ◯ ◯ ◯ -
SINTERING EVALUATION TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE OF MELTING POINT OF THERMISTOR HEAT-RESISTANCE TEST AOx OF AOx (° C.) ELEMENT (° C.) 1200° C. 1400° C. 1500° C. Cr2O3 2300 1600 ◯ ◯ ◯ Pr2O3 2183 1600 ◯ ◯ ◯ Nd2O3 2233 1600 ◯ ◯ ◯ Sm2O3 2269 1600 ◯ ◯ ◯ Eu2O 2291 1600 ◯ ◯ ◯ Gd2O3 2339 1600 ◯ ◯ ◯ TbO3 2303 1600 ◯ ◯ ◯ Dy2O3 2228 1600 ◯ ◯ ◯ Ho2O3 2330 1650 ◯ ◯ ◯ Er2O3 2344 1650 ◯ ◯ ◯ Tm2O3 2341 1650 ◯ ◯ ◯ Yb2O3 2355 1650 ◯ ◯ ◯ MgCr2O4 2310 1600 ◯ ◯ ◯ CeO2 2210 1600 ◯ ◯ ◯ -
SINTERING EVALUATION TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE OF MELTING POINT OF THERMISTOR HEAT-RESISTANCE TEST AOx OF AOx (° C.) ELEMENT (° C.) 1200° C. 1400° C. 1500° C. SiO2 1720 1400 ◯ X X TiO2 1855 1500 ◯ Δ X MnO 1785 1450 ◯ X X Mn2O3 1340 1200 ◯ X X Fe2O3 1562 1300 ◯ X X Fe3O4 1538 1300 ◯ X X NiO 1957 1500 ◯ Δ X ZnO 1975 1500 ◯ Δ X Ga2O3 1740 1450 ◯ X X Nb2O5 1510 1300 ◯ X X SnO2 1625 1300 ◯ X X Ta2O5 1885 1500 ◯ X X 2MgOSiO2 1900 1500 ◯ X X MgAl2O4 1995 1500 ◯ Δ X CaSiO3 1530 1300 ◯ X X Y2SiO5 1980 1500 ◯ Δ X 3Al2O3.2SiO2 1680 1300 ◯ X X YAlO3 1835 1500 ◯ Δ X YAl5Ol2 1930 1500 ◯ Δ X - As is apparent from Tables 43 and 44, a thermistor element obtained by using a metallic oxide of group 1 (a melting point is not lower than 2000° C.) has a small change in resistivity (up to 1500° C.) of lower than 5%, that is good heat resistance. These metallic oxides AOx with a higher melting point are expected to have an higher effect to enhance heat resistance, but the group containing oxides with a melting point not lower than 2400° C. in Table 43 have a higher sintering temperature of 1650° C. Accordingly, from the view point of energy costs, oxides with a lower sintering temperature of 1600-1650° C. in Table 44 are more advantageous. Further, as is apparent from Table 45, a thermistor element which is obtained by using a metallic oxide of group 2 (a melting point is lower than 2000° C.) is inferior to oxides of
group 1 in change in resistivity at 1400° C. and 1500° C., but its change in resistivity is lower than 5% and is enough heat resistant to use in practice. In addition, it can be sintered at lower temperature of 1200-1500° C. and can be easily sintered. Therefore, when a thermistor element is produced according to the present invention, a metallic oxide AOx can be selected to obtain desired characteristics, considering the influence of load wires, manufacturing costs and working environment, etc.
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1. A thermistor element comprising a mixed sintered body (MM′)O3·AOx of a composition of a complex perovskite oxide presented as (MM′)O3, and a metallic oxide presented as AOx,
wherein in said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O2, M is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups 2A and 3A excluding La in the Periodic Table, and M′ is at least one element selected from the elements of the groups 3B, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A and 8 in the Periodic Table,
wherein a and b satisfy the relations 0≦a<1.0, 0.05<b≦0.95 and a+b=1, where said a is a molar fraction of said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 of a mixed sintered body and said b is a molar fraction of said metallic oxide AOx,
wherein said M in said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 is at least one or element selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Yb and Sc, and M′ is at least one element selected from Al, Ga, Ti,Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Tc, Re, Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir and Pt,
and wherein a metal A in said metallic oxide AOx is at least one element selected from B, Mg, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Zn, Ga, Ge, Sr, Zr, Nb, Sn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sn, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Hf and Ta.
2. A thermistor element according to claim 1 , wherein said metallic oxide AOx is at least one metallic oxide selected from MgO, SiO2, Sc2O3, TiO2, Cr2O3, MnO, Mn2O3, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, NiO, ZnO, Ga2O3, ZrO2, Nb2O5, SnO2, CeO2, Pr2O3, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, Lu2O2, HfO2, Ta2O5, MgAl2O4, Y2SiO5, 3Al2O3·2SiO2, YAlO3, Y3Al5O12, 2MgO·SiO2, CaSiO3 and MgCr2O4.
3. A thermistor element according to claim 1 , wherein said metallic oxide AOx is at least one metallic oxide selected from MgO, Sc2O2, ZrO2, Lu2O3, HfO2, Cr2O3, Pr2O3, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb2O3, dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, CeO2 and MgCr2O4.
4. A thermistor element according to claim 4 , wherein said metallic oxide AOx is at least one metallic oxide selected from SiO2, TiO2, MnO, Mn2O3, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, NiO, ZnO, Ga2O3, Nb2O5, SnO2, Ta2O5, 2MgO·SiO2, MgAl2O4, CaSiO3, Y2SiO5, 3Al2O3·2SiO2, YAlO3 and Y3Al5O12.
5. A thermistor element according to one of claims 1-4, further comprising a sintering aid composed of at least one of CaO, CaCO2, SiO2 and CaSiO3.
6. A temperature sensor comprising a thermistor element according to any one of claims 1-5.
7. A method of producing a thermistor element according to any one of claims 1-5, which comprises mixing said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3 with said metallic oxide AOx; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of said metallic oxide before grinding; molding the mixture into an article having a predetermined shape; and sintering the article.
8. A method of producing a thermistor element according to any one of claims 1-5, which comprises mixing a raw material of said M with a raw material of said M′ in said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of the raw material of said M before mixing and is not more than 0.5 μm; calcining the ground mixture to obtain said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3; mixing said (MM′)O3 with said metallic oxide AOx; molding the mixture into an article having a predetermined shape; and sintering the article.
9. A method of producing a thermistor element according to any one of claims 1-5, which comprises mixing a raw material of said M with a raw material of said M′ in said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of a raw material of said M before mixing and is not more than 0.5 μm; calcining the ground mixture to obtain said complex perovskite oxide (MM′)O3; mixing said (MM′)O3 with said metallic oxide AOx; grinding the mixture to adjust an average particle diameter of the mixture after grinding to an average particle diameter which is not more than that of said metallic oxide AOx before mixing; molding the mixture into an article having a predetermined shape; and sintering the article.
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