Abstract
The crystal phase and mechanical properties of 2.0 to 3.5 mol% Y 2O3-stabilized zirconia polycrystals sintered from agitator milled powders (solid phase mixing, SPM) were investigated. Powders containing 2.5 and 2.8 mol% Y2O3 showed higher sinterability than those containing 2.0 and 3.5 mol% Y2O3. The thermal expansion curve of the 2.5 and 2.8 mol% Y2O3 samples exhibited a monoclinic to tetragonal phase transformation during the heating stage, with a linear relationship observed during cooling. However, a hysteresis was not observed during the heating and cooling stages when the Y2O3 content and sintering temperature were increased. The 2.0 mol% Y2O3 sample exhibited the transformation and hysteresis, even though the sintering temperature was increased. The relationship between the flexural strength and grain size for the sample with 2.0 mol% Y2O3 was not linear, but exhibited a peak. The flexural strength of the 2.5 and 2.8 mol% Y2O3 samples increased as the grain size increased, and then over a certain grain size the flexural strength remained constant and independent of the grain size. The flexural strength and fracture toughness of the 2.0 mol% Y2O 3 sample might be dominated by microcrack-toughening. On the other hand, those for the 2.5 and 2.8 mol% Y2O3 samples were dependent not only on the stress-induced transformation, but also on the compressive residual stress and microcrack-toughening caused by the transformation. The relationship between the fracture toughness and V f √h, where Vf is the tetragonal phase fraction and h is the transformation depth, for the 2.0, 2.5 and 3.5 mol% Y2O 3 samples was non-linear and exhibited a peak; however, that for the 2.8 mol% Y2O3 sample was linear.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1270-1277 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan |
Volume | 116 |
Issue number | 1360 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2008 Dec |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Compressive residual stress
- Flexural strength
- Fracture toughness
- Microcrack-toughening
- Solid phase method
- Stress-induced transformation
- Transformed depth
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ceramics and Composites
- Chemistry(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry