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Microwave sintering of nanocrystalline Ytzp (3 Mol%)

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Microwave sintering of nanophase Y2O3–ZrO2 (3 mol%), 3-YTZP, to near theoretical density was achieved using a multimode cavity furnace at 2.45 GHz. Sintering is discussed briefly and compared with the conventional sintering process reported in literature. Different characterization techniques have been performed, showing that a small and uniform nanograin structure was developed in fully dense sintered samples. The average grain size of the microwave-sintered specimens, less than 50 nm, was measured, and the creep behaviour of the samples was studied at temperatures between 1,050 °C and 1,150 °C.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support awarded by the Spanish “Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia” through the project MAT2003-04199-CO2-02.

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  1. Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Sevilla, Apartado 1065, 41080, Sevilla, Spain

    Carmen García-Gañán, Diego Gómez-García & Arturo Domínguez-Rodríguez

  2. Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, 06071, Badajoz, Spain

    Juan José Meléndez-Martínez

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García-Gañán, C., Meléndez-Martínez, J.J., Gómez-García, D. et al. Microwave sintering of nanocrystalline Ytzp (3 Mol%). J Mater Sci 41, 5231–5234 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0433-9

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