摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric material in which a piezoelectric layer is manufactured which has superior durability and a small load on an environment, a piezoelectric element, to provide a liquid ejecting head, and to provide a liquid ejecting apparatus.SOLUTION: The method of manufacturing the piezoelectric material includes the processes of: forming a composite oxide containing sodium, potassium, lithium, niobium and tantalum by mixing and calcining a powder of metal oxides or metal carbonates of sodium, potassium, lithium, niobium and tantalum; and forming a piezoelectric material composed of a solid solution containing a perovskite oxide containing sodium, potassium, lithium, niobium and tantalum, and bismuth manganate by adding a metal oxide or metal carbonate containing manganese and bismuth to the composite oxide containing sodium, potassium, lithium, niobium and tantalum, and mixing and then calcining them. |