Sintering behaviour and microstructure of 3Y-TZP + 8 mol% CuO nano-powder composite

Ran, S. and Winnubst, A.J.A. and Koster, H. and Veen de, P.J. and Blank, D.H.A. (2007) Sintering behaviour and microstructure of 3Y-TZP + 8 mol% CuO nano-powder composite. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 27 (2-3). pp. 683-687. ISSN 0955-2219

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Abstract:	Nanocrystalline 3Y-TZP and copper-oxide powders were prepared by co-precipitation of metal chlorides and copper oxalate complexation– precipitation, respectively.Asignificant enhancement in sintering activity of 3Y-TZP nano-powders, without presence of liquid phase,was achieved by addition of 8 mol% CuO nano-powder, resulting in an extremely fast densification between 750 and 900 ◦C. This enhancement in sintering activity was explained by an increase in grain-boundary mobility as caused by dissolution of CuO in the 3Y-TZP matrix. The nano-powder composite was densified to 96% by pressureless sintering at 1130 ◦C for 1 h. Considerable tetragonal to monoclinic phase transformation of the zirconia phase was observed by high temperature XRD analysis. This zirconia phase transformation is discussed in terms of reactions between CuO and yttria as segregated to the 3Y-TZP grain boundaries.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2007 Elsevier
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Inorganic Membranes (IM) Inorganic Materials Science (IMS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/59181
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2006.04.039
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