ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract Cubic yttria-stabilized zirconias (YSZs) (15 mol% Y2O3) doped with 2 wt% CuO and 0.3 wt% Fe2O3, respectively, have been compared with undoped YSZ. The lattice constants were found to increase in the sequence:a YSZ 〈a YSZ/Fe 〈a YSZ/cu. Vickers microhardness of polycrystalline YSZ/Fe exceeds that of polycrystalline YSZ/Cu, whereas the hardness of the single crystalline materials YSZ/Fe and YSZ/Cu are nearly identical and consistently lower than the polycrystalline values. Raman and infrared spectra reveal a breakdown of the selection rules, i.e. these techniques probe the local, non-cubic arrangement of oxygen vacancies. The findings are discussed in terms of a substitutional versus an interstitial-doping model.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01154694
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