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Superplasticity and superplastic-like flow in cubic zirconia with silica

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Experiments were conducted at temperatures from 1573 to 1748 K to evaluate the flow properties and the potential for achieving superplasticity in an 8 mol% Y2O3-stabilized cubic ZrO2 (termed 8Y-CSZ) containing 5 wt% colloidal SiO2. Tests were conducted under constant strain rate conditions and under creep conditions at constant stress. The stress exponent was determined as ~1.8, and the activation energy for creep was measured as ~600–670 kJ mol−1. The results show that the presence of an amorphous second phase is effective in limiting grain growth. A maximum superplastic elongation of more than 500 % was recorded at a testing temperature of 1703 K. An analysis of the results suggests that the flow mechanism is associated with interface-controlled diffusion creep.

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This research was supported by the National Science Foundation of the United States in part under NSF Grants DMR-0207197 and 0606063 (RPD, PHI, MLM) and in part under NSF Grant DMR-1160966 (MS, TGL).

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    Mahmood Shirooyeh & Terence G. Langdon

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697-2575, USA

    R. Peter Dillon, Phil H. Imamura & Martha L. Mecartney

  3. Engineering Analysis Center, Southern California Gas Company, Pico Rivera, CA, 90660, USA

    Siari S. Sosa

  4. Materials Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

    Terence G. Langdon

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Shirooyeh, M., Dillon, R.P., Sosa, S.S. et al. Superplasticity and superplastic-like flow in cubic zirconia with silica. J Mater Sci 50, 3716–3726 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-8932-1

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