Pressureless sintered 3Y-TZP/20%Al₂O₃ composite ceramic

Abstract

Nanometer 3Y-TZP/20%Al₂O₃ (mass fraction) composite powders prepared by the chemical coprecipitation method were pressureless sintered at 1550 °C for 2 h. Effects of calcining temperatures at 800 °C, 1 000 °C, and 1 200 °C on phase structure, relative density, and Vicker’s hardness of the sintered bodies were studied. The results show that 1 000 °C was the optimal calcining temperature, and the powder calcined was composed of tetragonal zirconia with the Scherrer crystalline size of 6.3nm. The relative density was up to 98.5% under pressureless sintering, and the sintered body was t-ZrO₂ (without m-ZrO₂)+α-Al₂O₃ with the average size of 0.4 µm.

Keywords

pressureless sintering / 3Y-TZP/20%Al₂O₃ / composite / phase structure

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