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Fabrication of Bulk Nanocrystalline Ceramic Materials

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An alternative method to produce bulk nanocrystalline materials is to produce amorphous material by rapid solidification followed by controlled solid state crystallization. Four different materials studied in this work are based on near-eutectic mixtures of alumina, zirconia, and silica. Powder feedstock materials have been plasma sprayed using a water stabilized plasma torch (WSP®) and subsequently heat-treated to prepare materials with nanocrystallites of 12 nm diameter on average. The as-sprayed materials have very low porosity and are mostly amorphous. The as-sprayed amorphous materials crystallize at temperatures around 950 °C. The resulting structure is best described as nanocomposite with the very small crystallites embedded in an amorphous matrix. The role of silica on phase composition, microstructure, and mechanical properties of the as-sprayed and annealed materials is discussed. The as-sprayed amorphous materials exhibit high hardness and high abrasion resistance. Both properties are significantly improved in the heat-treated nanocrystalline samples.

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This work was carried out under the “Nanotechnologies for Society” program and supported by project no. KAN300430651 administered by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

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  1. Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR, Za Slovankou 3, 18200, Prague, Czech Republic

    T. Chraska, K. Neufuss, J. Dubsky & P. Ctibor

  2. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry AS CR, Husinec-Řež 1001, 25068, Řež, Czech Republic

    M. Klementova

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This article is an invited paper selected from presentations at the 2008 International Thermal Spray Conference and has been expanded from the original presentation. It is simultaneously published in Thermal Spray Crossing Borders, Proceedings of the 2008 International Thermal Spray Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 2-4, 2008, Basil R. Marple, Margaret M. Hyland, Yuk-Chiu Lau, Chang-Jiu Li, Rogerio S. Lima, and Ghislain Montavon, Ed., ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 2008.

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Chraska, T., Neufuss, K., Dubsky, J. et al. Fabrication of Bulk Nanocrystalline Ceramic Materials. J Therm Spray Tech 17, 872–877 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-008-9241-x

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