Microstructural design in alumina-alumina/zirconia layered composites
- CSIC, Madrid (Spain). Inst. de Ceramica y Vidrio
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States). Materials Sciences Div.
Very recently several authors have pointed out the extremely important role of microstructural design in developing structural ceramic materials for long term high temperature applications. In this sense Raj has identified several boundary conditions: (1) Resistance to oxidation, (ii) Resistance to grain boundary sliding and cavitation, (iii) Good strength and toughness at room temperature. The aspiration is to eliminate grain boundaries which can act as cavitation sites, without using single crystals which typically exhibit low toughness. In this regard ceramics with single crystal-like morphologies, e.g., large elongated grains, with good fracture toughness and high bending strength have been proposed. One route to find these apparently contradictory characteristic is by building up layered microarchitectures where layers with high toughness and high bending strength coexist with layers with high creep resistance. These conditions can be met in the case of Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}/Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}-ZrO{sub 2} laminates. The present work was directed to the study of the microstructural features and properties of Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}/Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} + unstabilized ZrO{sub 2} and Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}/Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} + t-ZrO{sub 2} (3 mol% Y{sub 2}O{sub 3}) layered composites.
- OSTI ID:
- 585959
- Journal Information:
- Scripta Materialia, Vol. 38, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: 18 Dec 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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