Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Liquid Phase Sintering and Microstructure of Y-TZP/Al2O3 Composite

ZHANG Yu-Feng; GUO Jing-Kun; HUANG Xiao-Xian; LI Bac-Shun   

  1. State Key Lab on High Performance Ceramics and Soperfine microstructure Shanghai Institute ofCeramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
  • Received:1997-04-30 Revised:1997-08-17 Published:1998-08-10 Online:1998-08-10

Abstract: The influence of additive on the sintering and microstructure of Y-TZP/Al2O3 composite was studied through adding some additives
in Y-TZP/Al2O3. The composite with 99% theorecital density can be obtained at 1350℃. The liquid phase formed at sintering
process existed around the ZrO2 and Al2O3 crystal grains. The small ZrO2 and large Al2O3 crystal grains can be found in the
microstructure of the composite. This was related to the solubility of ZrO2 and Al2O3 in silicate liquid phase. The ZrO2 had a low
solubility in silicate liquid phase and the growth of ZrO2 crystal grain was limited by liquid phase around it. Al2O3 had a high
solubility in the liquid phase, it formed a large and whisker-like crystal grain by solution-precipitation mechanism. The composite
also showed high mechanical properties. The flexure strength and fracture toughness were 640MPa and 7.2MPa·m1/2 respectively.

Key words: composite, Y-TZP, Al2O3, sintering at low temperature

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