Heterogeneous junction of YPSZ by superplastic flow
A. Domínguez-Rodríguez
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Layers of different composition and/or grain size of yttria partially stabilized zirconia have been compressed, with the stress perpendicular to the interface of the layers and temperature of 1400¡C, in order to produce a joint using the microstructural feature of superplasticity found in fine grained ceramics. The pieces joined have been characterized by SEM, showing a clean interface with no cavitation. The stiffness of the junction was checked using Vickers indentation at room temperature at the interface and compression tests at the same conditions (T = 1400¡C in air) used for the joining and the stress parallel to the interface. The observation and comparison between the cracks developed around the indents at the interface and in the bulk of the pieces joined as well as the absence of cavities along the interface in the samples compressed parallel to the interface shows that this technique is useful to produce a joint with clean and strong interface.
Keywords: ceramics; mechanical properties; bonding
Order No.: JA806-026 © 1998 MRS
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