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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1992
Hideo Ochi, Misato, JP;
Akihide Igari, Saitama, JP;
Masaaki Toyoda, Saitama, JP;
Zenbee Nakagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Somar Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A varistor material having a non-linear coefficient of at least 30 and a varistor voltage of at least 800 V/mm is disclosed. The varistor is produced by a method including commingling an admixture of ZnO and a manganese compound while preventing the admixture from contacting with a surface containing an element belonging to group IIIb of the Periodic Table. The resulting mixture is calcined and then pulverized while preventing the contact with a IIIb element-containing surface to obtain a pulverized product having a content of impurity compounds of a IIIb element of not greater than 20 ppm by weight. The pulverized product is molded and sintered at such a temperature as to obtain the varistor formed from particles with an average particle size of not greater than 5 .mu.m.