Published October 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

Precipitate coarsening by liquid film migration in (Mg,Ca)-PSZ's

  • 1. Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

Description

Precipitate coarsening involving preferential growth of solute-poor tetragonal ZrO2 precipitates along grain boundaries, combined with migration of grain boundaries containing a liquid silicate phase to form solute-rich precipitate-free cubic ZrO2, has been observed in grain boundary regions of MgO-CaO-ZrO2 and CaO-ZrO2 alloys during isothermal aging at 1,400 C. Studies of alloy with 9.5 mol% total solute, but with varying MgO/CaO ratios, demonstrated a marked composition dependence off the phase separation process, in that such phase separation was rare in MgO-rich materials. The migration process is analyzed using models developed for migration in less complex materials, and a mechanism incorporating orientation-dependent precipitate strain energies is proposed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 2657-2662.
ISSN
0002-7820
CODEN
JACTAW

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
26032552
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CALCIUM OXIDES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MAGNESIUM OXIDES; MICROSTRUCTURE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDES
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA; INFORMATION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NUMERICAL DATA; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS