Role of MgO nanoparticles on zirconia-toughened alumina-5 wt-% CeO2 ceramics mechanical properties

The poor hardness of zirconia-toughened alumina (ZTA) with 5 wt-% CeO2 (ZTA5CeO2) ceramic has limited its applications as a cutting insert. Therefore, in this work, the possibility of MgO nanoparticles (20 nm) as reinforcement to ZTA5CeO2 ceramics was investigated. Mgo nanoparticles with different w...

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Main Authors: Rejab, Nik Akmar, Ahmad Azhar, Ahmad Zahirani, Ratnam, Mani Maran
Format: Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2016
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02670836.2015.1118792
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Summary:The poor hardness of zirconia-toughened alumina (ZTA) with 5 wt-% CeO2 (ZTA5CeO2) ceramic has limited its applications as a cutting insert. Therefore, in this work, the possibility of MgO nanoparticles (20 nm) as reinforcement to ZTA5CeO2 ceramics was investigated. Mgo nanoparticles with different weight percentages (0-2 wt-%) were added to ZTA5CeO2 ceramics. ZTA5CeO2 with 0.5 wt-%MgO showed the highest fracture toughness of 9.14 MPa.√m. The addition of 0.5 wt-%MgO nanoparticles showed the excellent role of MgAl11CeO19 grains as a crack deflector, which consequently produced a reasonable hardness value of 1591 HV and lowered the wear areas to 0.0528 mm2. © 2016 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.