An evaluation of Al2O3-ZrO2 composites produced by coprecipitation method |
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Authors: | M IpekS Zeytin C Bindal |
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Affiliation: | Sakarya University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Esentepe Campus, 54187 Sakarya, Turkey |
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Abstract: | The objective of this work is to produce Al2O3-ZrO2 composite from nano-sized powders processed by coprecipitation method. Al2O3 and mixture of Al2O3 + 10 wt.% ZrO2 precipitated successfully by chemical route from aluminum sulfate and zirconium sulfate were pressed under uniaxial compression of 170 MPa and sintered at 1600 °C for 1 h. SEM investigations revealed that, pure alumina sample has a microstructure with coarse grains which anisotropically grown up to 30-40 μm in size. In alumina-zirconia composite, the structure consists of very fine equiaxed grains of typically 2 μm in which zirconia precipitates were uniformly dispersed. By adding zirconia to alumina, hardness and indentation fracture toughness were increased from 11.6 GPa to 16.8 GPa and from 3.2 MPa m1/2 to 4.9 MPa m1/2, respectively. Improvement in fracture toughness was attributed to bridging effects of zirconia particles as well as transformation toughening. |
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Keywords: | Alumina Zirconia Sintering Hardness Mechanical properties |
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