GLASS CERAMIC MASS AND CERAMIC ARTICLE

The invention relates to a glass ceramic mass, comprising at least one oxide ceramic, containing barium, titanium and at least one rare earth metal Rek and at least one glass material, containing at least one oxide with boron and at least one oxide of a rare earth metal Reg. The glass material further contains either an oxide of a tetravalent metal Me4+, or at least one oxide of a pentavalent metal Me5+. A compression of the glass ceramic mass occurs above all by viscous flow. A low vitrification temperature can thus be achieved. Crystallisation products are produced during and/or after the compression. The rare earth oxide and the crystallisation products can be used to pre-determine each of a dielectric material property of the glass ceramic mass in a wide range such as permittivity (15-80), Q (350-5000) and Tf value (±20 ppm/K). The glass ceramic mass is characterised by a vitrification temperature of below 850° C. and can thus find application in LTCC (low temperature cofired ceramics) technology for the integration of a passive electrical component in the volume of a ceramic multi-layer body. Suppression of a lateral shrinkage may be achieved in a composite with a ceramic film blank made from another ceramic material compressed at a higher temperature.