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On the stabilizing behavior of zirconia: A Combined experimental and theoretical study

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Reactive zirconia powder was synthesized by the complexation of zirconium metal from zirconium hydroxide using a solution of 8-hydroxiquinoline. The kinetics of zirconia crystallization was followed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and surface area measured by the nitrogen adsorption/desorption technique. The results indicated that zirconia with a surface area as high as 100 m2/g can be obtained by this method after calcination at 500°C. Zirconia presents three polymorphic phases (monoclinic, tetragonal and cubic), which are reversibly interconversible. The cluster model Zr4O8 and Zr4O7 +2 was used for a theoretical study of the stabilization process. The ab initio RHF method was employed with the Gaussian94 program and the total energies and the energy gap of the different phases were calculated and compared with the experimental energy gap. The theoretical results show good reproducibility of the energy gap for zirconia.

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    C. R. Foschini, O. Treu Filho & S. A. Juiz

  2. Department of Chemistry, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

    A. G. Souza & J. B. L. Oliveira

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    E. Longo, E. R. Leite & C. A. Paskocimas

  4. Institute of Chemistry, Universidade Estadual Paulista, C.Postal 355, 14800-900, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

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Foschini, C.R., Filho, O.T., Juiz, S.A. et al. On the stabilizing behavior of zirconia: A Combined experimental and theoretical study. Journal of Materials Science 39, 1935–1941 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JMSC.0000017755.45305.84

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