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Precursor scavenging of the resistive grain-boundary phase in 8 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia: Effect of trace concentrations of SiO2
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2011
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The influence that trace concentrations of SiO2 have on improving grain-boundary conduction via precursor scavenging using additional heat treatment at 1200 °C for 40 h before sintering was investigated. At a SiO2-impurity level (SIL) ≤160 ppm by weight, the grain-boundary resistivity (ρgb) decreased to 20% of its value, while no improvement in grain-boundary conduction was found at a SIL ≥ 310 ppm. The correlation between the resistance per unit grain-boundary area, rgb, and average grain size indicated that the inhomogeneous distribution of the siliceous phase in the sample with a SIL ≥ 310 ppm hampered the scavenging reaction.
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