ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Due to excellent oxidation and corrosion resistance at elevated temperature, oxide ceramiccould be the preference served at high temperature oxidizing atmosphere over a long period of time.In recent years, alumina-based eutectic in situ composite prepared by various solidificationtechniques, which has superior properties even close to the melting point about 2100K, has been paidmuch attention. In this paper, Al2O3/YAG/ZrO2 ternary eutectic and hypoeutectic ceramics areprepared from melt by laser zone-remelting technique, the rapid solidification characteristic and themechanical property of the composites are investigated. The results show that: (1) Compared tosintered composite with the same composition, laser zone-remelted Al2O3/YAG/ZrO2 eutectic in situcomposite has different microstructure showing fine interpenetrated network with Al2O3, YAG andZrO2 phases continuously intergrown, while none of pores, grain boundaries and amorphous phasesis found. (2) The scanning rate and the power density of the laser beam has strong effect on themicrostructure morphology. When the power density is determined, the eutectic spacing is reducedwith the scanning rate increased. The characteristic eutectic spacings and phase sizes of YAG andAl2O3 are about 2~3μm, and the characteristic dimension of ZrO2 is less than 1μm. (3) The hardnessand the room-temperature fracture toughness of Al2O3/YAG/ZrO2 eutectic are respectivelyHv=16.7±2.0 GPa and KIC=8.0±2.0 MPa.m1/2, and those of hypoeutectic are respectivelyHv=15.8±2.0 GPa and KIC=3.9±1.0 MPa.m1/2
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/15/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.539-543.832.pdf
Permalink