We have been applying a low discharge voltage (Ca, Mg)O protective layer to plasma display panels to reduce their power consumption. However, (Ca, Mg)O is highly reactive with CO2, and the resulting carbonate formation during high‐temperature panel sealing in air impairs the low discharge voltage characteristic. We investigated the mechanism of the carbonation reaction that occurs on a (Ca, Mg)O surface during annealing in air at 450°C and found that the CO2 diffuses through the formed CaCO3 layer and that a (Ca, Mg)O + CO2 → CaCO3 + MgO reaction then occurs. This carbonation reaction evidently stops when the growing MgO finally forms a layer at all boundaries between the CaCO3 and (Ca, Mg)O regions.
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