Initial Sintering Mechanism of Fine Zirconia Particles with Added Alumina

  • MATSUI Koji
    Tosoh Corporation, Synthetic Chemicals Production, JAPAN
  • OHMICHI Nobukatsu
    Tosoh Corporation, Synthetic Chemicals Production, JAPAN
  • OHGAI Michiharu
    Tosoh Corporation, Synthetic Chemicals Production, JAPAN
  • YAMAKAWA Takanori
    Kyushu University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, JAPAN
  • UEHARA Masato
    Kyushu University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, JAPAN
  • ENOMOTO Naoya
    Kyushu University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, JAPAN
  • HOJO Junichi
    Kyushu University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, JAPAN

Description

The sinterabilities of fine zirconia powders including 5mass% Y2O3 were investigated with emphasis on the effect of Al2O3 addition on densification at the initial stage. The powders were pressed into disks and sintered at 1100-1500°C. When a small amount of Al2O3 was added, high-density sintered bodies were obtained at a low temperature. The shrinkage of powder compact in the course of heating was measured by a dilatometric method, indicating that the addition of Al2O3 increased the densification rate with elevating temperature. The activation energies of sintering were determined by analyzing the densification curves. The activation energy at the initial sintering stage decreased by Al2O3 addition. The analysis of isothermal shrinkage curves exhibited that the diffusion mechanism changed from grain-boundary to volume diffusions by addition of Al2O3. It is concluded that the Al2O3 addition enhanced the densification because of decreasing the activation energy of volume diffusion at the initial sintering stage.

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390282680589106944
  • NII Article ID
    130006968361
  • DOI
    10.14853/pcersj.2003f.0.239.0
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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