Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 467-472.DOI: 10.15541/jim20210412

• RESEARCH LETTER • Previous Articles    

Effects of Residual Stresses on Strength and Crack Resistance in ZrO2 Ceramics with Alumina Coating

LI Haiyan1,2(), HAO Hongjian1,2, TIAN Yuan1,2, WANG Changan3, BAO Yiwang1,2(), WAN Detian1,2()   

  1. 1. China Building Material Test & Certification Group Co., Ltd, Beijing 100024, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Green Building Materials, China Building Materials Academy, Beijing 100024, China
    3. State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2021-07-01 Revised:2021-07-30 Published:2021-07-31 Online:2021-07-20
  • Contact: BAO Yiwang, professor. E-mail: ywbao@ctc.ac.cn;
    WAN Detian, professor. E-mail: dtwan@ctc.ac.cn
  • About author:LI Haiyan(1989–), PhD. E-mail: lihaiyan@ctc.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(52032011);State Key Laboratory of New Ceramic and Fine Processing Tsinghua University(KF 202007);Youth Fund of China Building Materials Academy(ZD-16)

Abstract:

By covering a thin Al2O3 coating on ZrO2 substrate, compressive stress caused by the mismatch of thermal expansion coefficients between the coating and substrate was introduced in the surface layer of Al2O3-ZrO2 pre-stressed ceramics (marked as ACZS pre-stressed ceramics). Vickers indentation test was carried out to check the crack resistance in the surface layer and substrate influenced by the residual stresses. The enhancement of the crack resistance in surface layer results in a high flexural strength and excellent damage tolerance. Both theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the compressive stress and crack resistance in the surface layer increase with the increasing ratio of the cross-sectional area of ZrO2 substrate to Al2O3 coating. Due to the residual compressive stress existing in Al2O3 coating, a high flexural strength of (1207±20) MPa was measured for ZrO2 specimens coated with 40 μm Al2O3. The flexural strength is 32% higher than that of monolithic ZrO2, and about triple of the value of Al2O3. Meanwhile, compared to ZrO2, the ACZS pre-stressed ceramics exhibit superior thermal shock resistance.

Key words: Al2O3-ZrO2 pre-stressed ceramics, compressive stress, flexural strength, damage tolerance

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