Thermal shock and fatigue behavior of pressureless sintered Al2O3–SiO2–ZrO2 composites

G. MEBRAHITOM ASMELASH; O. MAMAT; F. AHMAD; A. K. PRASADA RAO

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Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2015, 4(3): 190-198 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-015-0146-0

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Thermal shock and fatigue behavior of pressureless sintered Al₂O₃–SiO₂–ZrO₂ composites

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information G. MEBRAHITOM ASMELASH^{^a}(

), O. MAMAT^{^b}, F. AHMAD^{^b}, A. K. PRASADA RAO^{^a}

^a Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

^b Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750 Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia

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flexural strength, fracture toughness, ceramics, pressureless sintering, thermal fatigue, thermal shock

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ASMELASH GM, MAMAT O, AHMAD F, et al. Thermal shock and fatigue behavior of pressureless sintered Al₂O₃–SiO₂–ZrO₂ composites. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2015, 4(3): 190-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-015-0146-0

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The thermal shock and fatigue behavior of pressureless sintered Al₂O₃–SiO₂–ZrO₂ (ASZ) composites was studied. The influence of the thermal shock and fatigue on the strengthening response of ASZ has been investigated by measuring the strength retention and microstructural changes. The magnitude of the flexural strength and fracture of the ASZ has been compared with that of the monolithic Al₂O₃ (A) and Al₂O₃–ZrO₂ (AZ) composites under the same experimental conditions. Results indicated that the ASZ composites possess the highest resistance against thermal shock and fatigue, in comparison with A and AZ. The improvements were attributed to the enhancement in the fracture toughness of ASZ and the presence of multi-phase reinforcement.

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Thermal shock and fatigue behavior of pressureless sintered Al₂O₃–SiO₂–ZrO₂ composites

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information G. MEBRAHITOM ASMELASH^{^a}(

), O. MAMAT^{^b}, F. AHMAD^{^b}, A. K. PRASADA RAO^{^a}

^a Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

^b Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750 Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia

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Keywords: flexural strength, fracture toughness, ceramics, pressureless sintering, thermal fatigue, thermal shock

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Received: 11 November 2014

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Accepted: 26 February 2015

Published: 04 July 2015

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