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Preparation and Microstructure of Al2O3-YAG Composites

WANG Hong-Zhi1; GAO Lian1; LI Wei-Qun1; Hirokazu Kawaoka2; Koichi Niihara 2   

  1. 1.State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China; 2. The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
  • Received:1999-12-23 Revised:2000-02-29 Published:2001-01-20 Online:2001-01-20

Abstract: Polycrystalline Al2O3-YAG composites were obtained by using the coprecipitation method. After calcining at different temperatures, the crystallization
of YAG was found at about 1000℃. Dense bodies could be got by hot-pressing at 1550℃. Bending strength and fracture toughness of Al2O3-5vol%YAG
and Al2O3-25vol%YAG composites were 604 MPa and 5.0MPa·m1/2, 611MPa and 4.5MPa·m1/2 respectively. It indicated that the incorporation of
YAG improved the mechanical property of Al2O3 ceramics. Through TEM observation, large YAG particles (about 1mm) located on the grain boundaries of Al2O3 were seen, and some small YAG particles (100-200nm)
was among Al2O3 grains in both composites. A lot of white areas were found in Al2O3-5vol% YAG composite, which maybe result from the low concentration of yttrium.

Key words: YAG, coprecipitation, composites, microstructure

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