摘要 |
A plate-like polycrystalline particle is produced by forming inorganic particles into a freestanding shaped body, firing the shaped body, and crushing and classifying the fired shaped body. The inorganic particles contain as the main component an oxide that has a general formula of ABO3 and that satisfies axPb(M1/3,Nb2/3)O3+bxPbTiO3+cxPbZrO3+zxMO (wherein a+b+c=1, and M denotes at least one element selected from Mg, Ni, and Zn), wherein z is in the range of 0.002<=z<=0.42. The oxide contains a predetermined excessive amount of MO (M denotes at least one element selected from Mg, Ni, and Zn) such that the plate-like polycrystalline particle contains an excessive amount of MO. The plate-like polycrystalline particle contains a plurality of crystal grains that have a wavy structure composed of wavy grain boundaries. The plate-like polycrystalline particle is easily crushed at the grain boundaries and has a high degree of orientation.
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