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Influences of Laser Ablation Processes on Solubility and Crystallizability of Al2O3-ZrO2 Nanopowders

YANG Xiu-Chun1, DUBIEL M2, HOFMEISTER H3, RIEHEMANN W4, HUANG Wen-Hai1   

  1. 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University Shanghai
    200092, China;
    2. Department of Physics, Martin Luther University of Halle, D-06108 Halle, Germany;
    3. Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics,Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany;
    4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology, 38678 Clausthal, Germany
  • Received:2005-06-13 Revised:2005-08-26 Published:2006-05-20 Online:2006-05-20

Abstract: The influences of laser ablation processes on the solubility and the crystallizability of laser evaporated Al2O3-ZrO2 nanopowders were studied by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscope and high resolution electron microscope (HREM). Results indicate that ZrO2 crystalline lattice with an increasing solid solubility exhibits larger disorder. Increasing air pressure in the sample chamber favors the formation of amorphous ZrO2.
Amorphous ZrO2 consists of Zr-O-Zr (Al) clusters with short-range order but long-range disorder. The Zr-O and Zr-Zr (Al) interatomic distances in amorphous ZrO2 are shorter and the disorder of amorphous ZrO2 is larger than that of crystalline Al2O3-ZrO2 solid solutions.

Key words: laser ablation, Al2O3-ZrO2 solubility, crystallizability, disorder

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