Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Study on the Technology of ZrO2-ZrW2O8 Composites Prepared by Co-precipitation Method

ZHANG Zhi-Ping, LIU Hong-Fei, CHENG Xiao-Nong   

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
  • Received:2007-11-28 Revised:2008-01-14 Published:2008-09-20 Online:2008-09-20

Abstract: A low-thermal-expansion ceramic composite of ZrO2-ZrW2O8 was synthesized by co-precipitation route using analytically pure zirconium nitrate [ZrO(NO3)2·5H2O] and ammonium tungstate(H40N10O41W12·xH2O) as starting materials. Effects of heat-treatment on the transformation from the precursor to ZrO2-ZrW2O8 composite were investigated, and the chemical reaction process of the precursor was explored. The crystal structure, phase transition, cross-section morphology and thermal expansion coefficient of the samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction(XRD), thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry(TG-DSC), scanning electron microscope(SEM) and dilatometry respectively. The results show that the homogeneous ZrO2-ZrW2O8 composites are synthesized after sintering at 1150℃ for 2h. With the increase of sintering time, the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the ZrW2O8 diffraction peaks decreases, and the grain grows up gradually. ZrO2-50wt%ZrW2O8 composite has an average thermal expansion coefficient of -3.2295×10-6K-1 from 30℃ to 600℃.

Key words: composite, co-precipitation, low thermal expansion, high temperature transformation

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