A significant isothermal increase in resistivity with time has been observed in high‐Curie‐point barium‐lead titanate ceramics in the temperature region of the Curie points, giving rise to an instability of the characteristics of the positive temperature coefficient of resistivity (PTCR). The isothermal increase in resistivity (ρ) with time (t) observed at various temperatures can be expressed by the equation log ρ=A+B√t, where A and B are both temperature‐dependent constants. The temperature dependence of A gave the usual PTCR characteristics because A is log ρ at t=0, while the temperature dependence of B was found to show a characteristic curve with a peak around the Curie point. Observation by SEM revealed a considerable difference between the grain structure of a sample showing a significant resistivity change and that of a sample showing little resistivity change.
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