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A high dc field (1 and 3 kV / mm) was applied to BaTiO 3 and PZT ceramics, electrically induced microcracks occur at the grain boundaries and propagate into the grains. The number of cracks becomes larger with increasing grain size and poling field.
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Shin et al. (1989) studied this question.
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