Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Microstructure Evolution of ZrO2-(Al2O3, Fe2O3) Materials Synthesized by Frozen-drying

LI Rui-Xing1; YIN Shu2; CHEN Lan1; YU Ke-Ning1; LI Shao-Hua1; LIANG Huan-Zhen1; SATO Tsugio2   

  1. 1.Institute of Process Engineering; CAS; Beijing 100080; China; 2.IMRAM; Tohoku University; Sendai 980-8577; Japan
  • Received:2002-01-17 Revised:2002-03-15 Published:2003-03-20 Online:2003-03-20

Abstract: Precursor powders of ZrO2-Al2O3, ZrO2-Fe2O3 and ZrO2-(Al2O3, Fe2O3) systems were produced by frozen-drying. Their phases transformation and microstructure were developed at deferent temperatures and sintering durations. Microstructure with fine grains was obtained in the ZrO2-(Al2O3, Fe2O3) system for the composition (ZrO2:Al2O3:Fe2O3=60:32:8 mol%) sintered at 1400℃ for 15h. The results obtained show that Fe2O3 has the effect of glomeration of grains in ZrO2 base ceramic materials.

Key words: frozen-drying, phases transformation, grains degree, multiphase ceramic, ZrO2

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