Phase-transformation and grain-growth kinetics in yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal doped with a small amount of alumina

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1679-1690

  Matsui, Koji ^a   Yoshida, Hidehiro ^b   Ikuhara, Yuichi ^c  

^a TOSOH CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Diffusion; Grain growth; Grain boundary segregation induced phase transformation; ZrO2

Indexed keywords

AL2O3; GRAIN BOUNDARY SEGREGATION; GRAIN INTERIORS; ISOTHERMAL SINTERING; LOW SINTERING TEMPERATURE; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; PHASE REGION; TETRAGONAL ZIRCONIA POLYCRYSTAL; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS; YTTRIA-STABILIZED TETRAGONAL ZIRCONIA POLYCRYSTALS;

ALUMINUM; DIFFUSION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH KINETICS; POLYCRYSTALS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SINTERING; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 77249117634     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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