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Time‐Resolved Phase Transitions of the Nanocrystalline Cubic to Submicron Monoclinic Phase in Mn 2 O 3 ‐ZrO 2
Author(s) -
Lajavardi Manouchehr,
Kenney Donald J.,
Lin Sheng Hsien
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of the chinese chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.329
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 2192-6549
pISSN - 0009-4536
DOI - 10.1002/jccs.200000143
Subject(s) - monoclinic crystal system , nanocrystalline material , tetragonal crystal system , crystallography , cubic zirconia , crystallite , nucleation , chemistry , phase (matter) , analytical chemistry (journal) , mineralogy , materials science , crystal structure , ceramic , organic chemistry , chromatography
The nanocrystalline cubic phase of zirconia was found to be thermally stabilized by the addition of 3 to 40 mol % manganese. The nanocrystalline cubic, tetragonal and monoclinic phases of zirconia stabilized with manganese (III)oxide (Mn‐Stabilized Zirconia) were prepared by thermal decomposition of carbonate and hydroxide precursors. Both the crystallization and isothermal phase transitions associated with Mn‐SZ were studied using high temperature x‐ray diffraction and x‐ray diffraction of quenched samples. Cubic Mn‐SZ initially crystallized and progressively transformed to tetragonal, and monoclinic structures above 700°C. The nanocrystalline cubic Mn‐SZ containing 25 mol % Mn was found to have the greatest thermal stability, retaining its cubic form at temperatures as high as 800°C for periods up to 25 hours. Higher than 40 mol %, cubic Mn 2 O 3 was found to coexist with cubic Mn‐SZ. The crystallite sizes observed for the cubic, tetragonal and monoclinic Mn‐SZ phases ranged from 50 to 137, 130 to 220, and 195 to 450 Å respectively, indicating, for ZrO 2 , that particle size was a primary factor in determining its polymorphs. The classical Avrami equation for nucleation and growth was applied to the observed phase transformations.