Hydrothermal degradation of cubic zirconia
Hydrothermal degradation of cubic zirconia
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立方氧化锆的水热降解
DOI:
10.1016/s1359-6454(03)00362-8
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发表时间:
2003
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影响因子:
9.4
通讯作者:
Jiaqi He
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文献类型:
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作者:
Xin Guo;Jiaqi He
Tetragonal ZrO2undergoes a tetragonal to monoclinic transformation with the presence of water or water vapor when annealed at relatively low temperatures (65–400 °C); such a transformation has been shown to be due to the annihilation of oxygen vacancies. Nevertheless, cubic ZrO2has always been presumed to be stable under similar conditions. However, after annealing at 250 °C under a vapor pressure of 2.6×10−2atm for 2 years, the 8 mol% Y2O3-doped cubic ZrO2ceramic samples cracked. Even though the sample phase was still predominantly cubic, subsequent X-ray diffraction studies indicated that a kind of phase transformation actually occurred, while TEM investigations and electron diffractions demonstrated the precipitation of monoclinic ZrO2. After annealing, the electrical conductivity of the sample was found to increase by about 30%, suggesting proton conduction. This is the first observation of the hydrothermal degradation in cubic ZrO2.