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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 1303-1307Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.09.061
Keywords
Mechanical properties; MWCNTs; Cryogenic temperatures; 3Y-TZP
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51232004]
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Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) could effectively improve the fracture toughness of 3 mol% Y2O3 stabilized zirconia (3Y-TZP) because of their excellent mechanical properties. Fully dense 3Y-TZP toughened by MWCNTs was fabricated by spark plasma sintering (SPS), and their mechanical properties at cryogenic temperatures were investigated. The hardness of 1.5 wt% MWCNTs toughened 3Y-TZP increased from 12.49 +/- 0.19 GPa to 15.10 +/- 0.45 GPa as the decrease of temperature from 293 K to 77 K, while the fracture toughness increased from 5.36 +/- 0.12 MPa m(1/2) to 6.69 +/- 0.21 MPa m(1/2). The enhancement mechanical properties at cryogenic temperature over room temperature were due to the unique high mechanical properties of ZrO2 matrix, elastic modulus, fracture surface energy and residual stress at cryogenic temperature. The above results suggested that the prepared MWNT toughened 3Y-TZP could be a candidate material for cryogenic application. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.
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