Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Effect of Nano-ZnO Particles on the Densification Properties and Conductivity of Nano-ZrO2(8Y)

LIU Yi1; LAO Ling-Er1; YUAN Wang-Zhi2; HUANG Ying-Cai1   

  1. 1. Department of Basic Curriculum; Guizhou University of Technology; G uiyang 550003; China; 2. Department of Physics; East China Normal University; Shanghai 200062; China
  • Received:2002-08-05 Revised:2002-09-16 Published:2003-09-20 Online:2003-09-20

Abstract: With adding of nano-ZnO, nano ZrO2(8Y) powder was used as raw materials for pressureless sintering at 1200℃. The results show that a small addition
of nano-ZnO accelerates the reaction between Y2O3 and ZrO2 in ZrO2(8Y). The ZrO_2(8Y)ceramic without nano-ZnO exhibits predominant tetragonal phase
with a small percentage of monoclinic, but the samples doped with nano-ZnO(0.5%~2.0% in mass)show a purely cubic phase. The densification and the conductivity of the
ceramic doped with nano-ZnO increase significantly.The densification of 94% and the conductivity of 9.02×10-3cm-1·Ω-1 at 700℃ were
observed for the sintered body doped with 0.5wt% nano-ZnO.

Key words: nano-ZrO2(8Y), nano-ZnO, densification, conductivity

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