Abstract
The effect of phase separation on ferroelastic domain switching in 3 mol%Y2O3-ZrO2 pseudo-single crystals annealed at 1700°C was examined. Domain switching occurred in two steps. From TEM analysis, the first step seemed to be the switching of t′-phase, and the second to be that of t-phase. The effect of phase separation is as follows. First by, the switching amount of t′-phase decreased with decrease of the volume fraction, whereas that of t-phase increased with increase of the one. Secondly, the critical stress of t′- and t-phase increased with growth of t-phase colony. This is because that the clamping force among these phases for domain switching increase. Especially the critical stress of t-phase was strongly effected by the colony size of t-phase.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1136-1140 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan |
Volume | 105 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997/12 |
Keywords
- Colony
- Critical stress
- Domain
- Ferroelastic domain switching
- Phase separation
- Tetragonal zirconia
- t-phase
- t′-phase
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ceramics and Composites
- General Chemistry
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry