Fabrication of Submicron Tetragonal Polycrystalline ZrO2 by the Transformation of Micro Monoclinic ZrO2 under High Pressure
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摘要: 高压相变已逐渐发展成为一种制备纳米/亚微米多晶陶瓷块体材料的有效方法。高压可以抑制原子的长程扩散进而抑制晶粒长大,高压下截获的新相不受初始材料晶粒尺寸的制约,通过热力学调控可以得到晶粒尺寸更小的多晶块体材料。陶瓷材料在特定热力学条件下通常会发生相变,新相的形成要经历形核、生长的过程。采用晶粒尺寸为2
$ {\text{μ}} $ m的单斜ZrO2与晶粒尺寸为50 nm的Y2O3以97 : 3的摩尔比混合,在5.5 GPa、800~1700 ℃温压区间内对初始材料进行烧结,采用X射线衍射、扫描电镜、透射电镜对所得样品进行表征。研究结果表明:高压下截获了单斜相和亚微米四方相复合的多晶ZrO2块体材料,1200、1400、1600和1700 ℃温度下获得的四方相的平均晶粒尺寸为(145±62) nm、(246±165) nm、(183±62) nm和(245±107) nm。利用高压相变以微米晶制备细晶粒多晶块体材料,可以避免常规方法中以纳米粉末为初始材料制备细晶粒多晶块体材料存在的团聚、吸附及晶粒长大的问题,进而发展一种以微米晶为初始材料通过高压相变制备高性能细晶粒多晶块体材料的方法。Abstract: The transformation-assisted consolidation under pressure has been demonstrated to be a promising method to fabricate the nano or submicron polycrystalline ceramic materials. The high pressure suppresses the long-range diffusion of the atoms and, consequently, restrains the grain coarsening. The new phases produced at high pressure could show finer grains under the appropriate thermodynamic conditions, which are not subject to the grain size of the raw materials. Ceramic materials exhibit the existence of the transformations under certain thermodynamic conditions and the formation of new phases generally undergoes the nucleation and growth. In the present work, monoclinic microcrystal ZrO2 with average grain size of 2 µm and Y2O3 with average grain size of 50 nm were mixed in molar ratio of 97∶3. The preparation of the samples was carried out by sintering at 5.5 GPa and temperatures of 800–1700 °C using the high pressure cubic cell, and the sample characterization was performed via the X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscopy. It was found that the monoclinic and submicron tetragonal composite polycrystalline ZrO2 in bulk is obtained under high pressure and high temperature. The average grain size of tetragonal ZrO2 fabricated at 1200, 1400, 1600 and 1700 °C is (145±62) nm, (246±165) nm, (183±62) nm and (245±107) nm, respectively. The synthesis of the fine-grained polycrystalline materials by the transformation under high pressure can solve the problems of agglomeration, adsorption and grain coarsening caused by the nanopowders as the starting materials in the conventional approach, which would be an alternative route to fabricate the fine-grained polycrystalline materials with the enhanced performances.-
Key words:
- high pressure /
- phase transformation /
- micro crystal /
- submicron crystal /
- ZrO2
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图 4 5.5 GPa不同温度条件下样品的XRD图谱(a)、单斜相和四方相的特征峰放大图谱(b)以及(a)中方框标记的800和1000 ℃条件下合成样品的XRD图谱(c)
Figure 4. (a) XRD pattern of samples sintered at 5.5 GPa and different temperatures; (b) magnified range of the characteristic diffraction peaks of monoclinic and tetragonal phases from (a); (c) XRD patterns of samples sintered at 800 and 1000 ℃ marked with dotted line in (a)
图 5 (a) 1400 ℃温度条件下样品中亚微米晶粒的SEM照片,(b) (a)中箭头所指亚微米晶粒的EDS能谱,(c) 1700 ℃温度条件下样品中亚微米晶粒的SEM照片,(d) (c)中箭头所指亚微米晶粒的EDS能谱
Figure 5. (a) SEM images of submicron grains in the sample sintered at 1400 ℃; (b) EDS spectra of the submicron grain directed by the arrow; (c) SEM images of submicron grains in the sample sintered at 1700 ℃; (d) EDS spectra of the submicron grain directed by the arrow
图 8 5.5 GPa、1700 ℃合成样品的TEM照片((a)样品中亚微米晶粒的低倍TEM照片;(b)样品中亚微米晶粒的HRTEM照片,插图为虚线椭圆部位的放大图)
Figure 8. TEM images of the sample sintered at 5.5 GPa and 1700 ℃ ((a) Low-magnification TEM image of submicron grains in the sample; (b) HRTEM image of submicron grains in the sample. Inset: Magnified HRTEM image marked with the dotted ellipse in (b))
表 1 室温下稳定四方相氧化锆的晶胞参数
Table 1. Unit-cell parameters of tetragonal zirconia stabilized at room temperature
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