Alumina-Doped Zirconia Submicro-Particles: Synthesis, Thermal Stability, and Microstructural Characterization
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Thermal Stability of Alumina-Doped Zirconia Particles
2.2. Crystal Phase and Microstructure Analysis
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Particle Syntheses
3.3. Annealing Experiments
3.4. Characterization
4. Summary and Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Dahl, G.T.; Döring, S.; Krekeler, T.; Janssen, R.; Ritter, M.; Weller, H.; Vossmeyer, T. Alumina-Doped Zirconia Submicro-Particles: Synthesis, Thermal Stability, and Microstructural Characterization. Materials 2019, 12, 2856. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12182856
Dahl GT, Döring S, Krekeler T, Janssen R, Ritter M, Weller H, Vossmeyer T. Alumina-Doped Zirconia Submicro-Particles: Synthesis, Thermal Stability, and Microstructural Characterization. Materials. 2019; 12(18):2856. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12182856
Chicago/Turabian StyleDahl, Gregor Thomas, Sebastian Döring, Tobias Krekeler, Rolf Janssen, Martin Ritter, Horst Weller, and Tobias Vossmeyer. 2019. "Alumina-Doped Zirconia Submicro-Particles: Synthesis, Thermal Stability, and Microstructural Characterization" Materials 12, no. 18: 2856. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12182856