Ceramic mixture having negative temperature co-efficient, a thermistor containing the ceramic mixture and a process for preparing same

34 23A ceramic mixture composition having negative temperature coefficient of resistance (NTC), the said composition comprising about 95 weight % of the tetragonal form of MnOand about 5 weight % of LaO, the said ceramic mixture is mixed with stearic acid and wax, compacted and provided with two electrodes disposed from each other to form a thermistor having resistance on the order of mega ohm at a temperature of 25° C. and the resistance of the thermistor drops by almost 40% with every 20° C. rise in temperature and stabilizes to 250±50 ohms at a temperature range of 330° C.±6%.