Effect of titania and magnesia on the physical properties of zirconia toughened alumina

Manshor, Hanisah and Wan Sabri, Wan Muhammad Ihsan and Ramli, Abdul Wahid and Ahmad Azhar, Ahmad Zahirani and Abdullah, Ezzat Chan and Ahmad, Zainal Arifin (2016) Effect of titania and magnesia on the physical properties of zirconia toughened alumina. Materials Science Forum, 840. pp. 82-86. ISSN 0255-5476

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Abstract

ZTA based ceramic composite system is widely accepted as cutting tools for many of these harder and wear resistant workpiece materials. This is due to their beneficial mechanical properties i.e. high temperature strength, high hardness and ability to maintain its cutting edge shape at higher temperatures. Although a lot of works have focused on the effect of various sintering additives on the ZTA ceramic system, the effect of Magnesia (MgO) and Titania (TiO2) on ZTA has not yet been studied. In this work, the physical properties of Zirconia Toughened Alumina (ZTA) ceramic composite with MgO and TiO2 as additives were investigated. The composition of TiO2 varied from 0 wt.% to 3.5 wt.% whereby other materials such as Al2O3, Yttria Stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) and MgO were kept at constant weight percentage. Sintered samples were then tested and analyzed by XRD, Vickers hardness and high precision densimeter to investigate phase content, hardness value and densification respectively. Results showed that the solubility limit of TiO2 in ZTA-MgO ceramic composites is at 2.0 wt.%. Further addition of TiO2 resulted in the formation of secondary phase known as Zirconium titanium oxide (Zr0.35TiO0.65O2) which deteriorates the properties exhibited by ZTA-MgO-TiO2 ceramic composites.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6954/48159
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Zirconia Toughened Alumina (ZTA), TiO2, XRD, Density, Vickers hardness
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA401 Materials of engineering and construction
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Ahmad Zahirani Ahmad Azhar
Date Deposited:	24 Feb 2016 08:55
Last Modified:	21 Apr 2017 10:40
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/48159

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