Al2O3-3YTZP-Graphene multilayers produced by tape casting and spark plasma sintering

  • Acacio Rincón
  • , Rodrigo Moreno
  • , Adriana S.A. Chinelatto
  • , Carlos F. Gutierrez
  • , Emilio Rayón
  • , María Dolores Salvador
  • , Amparo Borrell*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This work aims to establish a colloidal route to obtain laminates of alumina-zirconia combining layers with and without graphene. Green tapes of alumina, alumina with 5. vol.% of 3Y-TZP and alumina with 5. vol.% of 3Y-TZP and graphene-oxide (2 vol.%) were obtained by aqueous tape casting. It is possible to design materials for different structural applications with a controlled microstructure with a high number of different layers. The tapes were punched into 20-mm discs, joined to form laminates alternating up to 18-layers, and sintered in one-step by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at 1400 °C. It has demonstrated that there is a significant graphite diffusion provoked by the required graphite holders into the SPS-furnace. Dense laminates with layer thicknesses ~100 μm and good cohesion between layers were obtained. Nanoindentation results showed that hardness and elastic modulus values were higher than 27. GPa and 300. GPa, respectively, and similar for all layers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2427-2434
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the European Ceramic Society
Volume34
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Graphene
  • Mechanical properties
  • Multilayers
  • Spark plasma sintering
  • Tape casting

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