Ceramics containing dispersants for improved fracture toughness
The invention is a ceramic composition containing a new class of dispersant for hindering crack propagation by means of one or more energy-dissipative mechanisms. The composition is composed of a ceramic matrix with dispersed particles of a transformation-prone rare-earth niobate, tantalate or mixtures of these with each other and/or with a rare-earth vanadate. The dispersants, having a generic composition tRMO4, where R is a rare-earth element, B is Nb or Ta and O is oxygen, are mixed in powder form with a powder of the matrix ceramic and sintered to produce a ceramic form or body. The crack-hindering mechanisms operates to provide improved performance over a wide range of temperature and operating conditions.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- Assignee:
- The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Number(s):
- H000302
- Application Number:
- 06/750122
- OSTI ID:
- 1176570
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 1985 Jul 01
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Aqueous Synthesis and Structural Comparison of Rare Earth Niobates and Tantalates: (La,K,[vacancy])[subscript 2]Nb[subscript 2]O[subscript 7-x](OH)[subscript 2] and Ln2Ta2O7(OH)2 ([vacancy] = vacancy; Ln = La-Sm)