Mechanical properties and fracture behaviour of ZrO2-Y2O3 ceramics

Winnubst, A.J.A. and Keizer, K. and Burggraaf, A.J. (1983) Mechanical properties and fracture behaviour of ZrO2-Y2O3 ceramics. Journal of Materials Science, 18 (7). pp. 1958-1966. ISSN 0022-2461

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Abstract:	Stabilized ZrO2-Y2O3 ceramics have been prepared with varying grain sizes and microstructures with the help of different preparation techniques. Bi2O3 has been added as a sinter aid to some of the samples. This results in a certain amount of a zirconia-rich second phase. For Bi2O3-free samples the fracture toughness (K lc), and therefore the fracture energy, increases with decreasing grain size. A linear relation with the inverse square root of the average grain size is found. The highest value ofK lc amounts to 4.1 MPa m1/2. Fracture toughness values of 1.9±0.2 MPa m1/2 are measured for Bi2O3 containing materials. The fracture surfaces are intergrannular for Bi2O3-containing and transgranular for Bi2O3-free samples, respectively.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	Springer Netherlands
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Inorganic Membranes (IM)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/61530
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00554988
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