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barium titanate

American  

noun

Chemistry.

  1. a crystalline compound, BaTiO 3 , used to make ferroelectric ceramics for capacitors and also used in transducers.

barium titanate British  

noun

  1. a crystalline ceramic used in capacitors and piezoelectric devices. Formula: BaTiO 3

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The team created the material by combining strontium and calcium ions with barium titanate, then heating the mixture to form a ceramic powder called BSCT.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

Its nonlinear optical response was 20 times greater than that of lithium niobate, the leading nonlinear optical material, and nearly triple that of barium titanate, the previous cryogenic benchmark.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2025

Its new feature is a thin slice of crystalline barium titanate.

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