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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Volume 100, Issue 4, Pages 1760-1772Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jace.14738
Keywords
ceramic; inclusions; oxidation; SEM; TEM
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- European Community's Seventh Framework Programme [607182]
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This basic research deals with the microstructure evolution of a W-doped ZrB2 ceramic, as-sintered and upon oxidation at 1650 degrees C. Transmission electron microscopy enabled to disclose microstructural features occurred during oxidation never observed before. In the pristine material, (Zr,W)B-2 solid solutions surround the original ZrB2 nuclei, whereas refractory W-compounds at triple junctions and clean grain boundaries are distinctive of this ceramic. After oxidation, the microstructure is typified by intragranular nanostructures, in which nanosized W inclusions remained trapped within ZrO2 grains, or decorate their surfaces. The understanding of the oxidation reactions occurring in the system as a function of the oxygen partial pressure was fundamental to conclude that W-based compounds do not notably suppress or retard the oxidation of ZrB2 ceramics.
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