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Al2O3-ZrO2 Ceramics with Submicron Microstructures Obtained through Microwave Sintering, Plasma Sintering and Shock Compaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J. McKittrick ,
B. Tunaboylu ,
J. D. Katz  and
W. Nellis
J. McKittrick
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego, Materials Science Program, La Jolla, CA 92093
B. Tunaboylu
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego, Materials Science Program, La Jolla, CA 92093
J. D. Katz
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
W. Nellis
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
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Abstract

Submicron and nanocrystalline grain sizes were achieved in the Al2O3-ZrO2 eutectic composition through conventional, microwave and plasma sintering of rapidly solidified starting powders and through shock compaction of commercial powders. Post sintering studies revealed nanocrystalline intragranular ZrO2 in the 1–2 μm Al2O3 grains, which is thought to be a result of the solidification synthesis. Additions of B2O3 greatly increased the final density through liquid phase sintering. Shock compression of commercial powders produced dense, crack-free, fine grained ceramics with loading pressures up to 9.1 GPa and a metastable ZrO2 phase under higher pressures.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 274: Symposium R – Submicron Multiphase Materials , 1992 , 149
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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