Influence of the zirconia content on the densification, thermal behaviour and properties of reinforced Zircon Zirconia (ZrSiO4„Ÿm-ZrO2) ceramic composites

NICOLAS RENDTORFF ; GUSTAVO SUAREZ; YOSHIO SAKKA; ESTEBAN F. AGLIETTI

Congreso; Humbolt Kolleg-Intenational Conference on Physics HK2010; 2011

In many industrial applications, components are required to work in extremely hard conditions, particularly at very high temperatures for long times. For these applications, new ceramic matrix composites have been designed, with both micro and nano-sized reinforcing particles, located at inter or intra-granular positions, this can improve mechanical and thermomechanical performances as well as strongly reduce creep rate.