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Al2O3/ZrO2 Materials as an Environmentally Friendly Solution for Linear Infrastructure Applications

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MATERIALS
卷 14, 期 9, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma14092375

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Al2O3; ZrO2; composites; life cycle analysis; centrifugal slip casting

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  1. Materials Technologies project - Warsaw University of Technology under the program Excellence Initiative: Research University(ID-UB)

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The study evaluates the effect of ZrO2 on centrifugal slip casting of Al2O3/ZrO2 composite materials, demonstrating stable structures and excellent performances. The composites exhibit high hardness and their emissions during production are comparable to those of other common materials.
The present work deals with the evaluation of the effect of ZrO2 on the structure and selected properties of shapes obtained using the centrifugal slip casting method. The samples were made of alumina and zirconia. The applied technology made it possible to produce tubes with a high density reaching 99-100% after sintering. Very good bonding was obtained at the Al2O3/ZrO2 interphase boundaries with no discernible delamination or cracks, which was confirmed by STEM observations. In the case of Al2O3/ZrO2 composites containing 5 vol.% and 10 vol.% ZrO2, the presence of equiaxial ZrO2 grains with an average size of 0.25 mu m was observed, which are distributed along the grain boundaries of Al2O3. At the same time, the composites exhibited a very high hardness of 22-23 GPa. Moreover, the environmental influences accompanying the sintering process were quantified. The impacts were determined using the life cycle analysis method, in the phase related to the extraction and processing of raw materials and the process of producing Al2O3/ZrO2 composites. The results obtained show that the production of 1 kg of sintered composite results in greenhouse gas emissions of 2.24-2.9 kg CO2 eq. which is comparable to the amount of emissions accompanying the production of 1 kg of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Polypropylene (PP), or hot-rolled steel products.

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