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Metastability, tetragonality and quadrupolar glass states in cubic stabilized zirconia
Author(s) -
Sellar Jeffrey R.,
Chen Chris Yu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/jace.17334
Subject(s) - metastability , tetragonal crystal system , materials science , quadrupole , cubic zirconia , alloy , condensed matter physics , ionic bonding , ceramic , lattice (music) , crystallography , crystal structure , ion , chemistry , metallurgy , physics , organic chemistry , atomic physics , acoustics
For cubic lime‐stabilized and yttria‐stabilized zirconia ceramic alloys the temperatures at which the onset of metastability and a sharp reduction in ionic conductivity occur are observed to coincide, appearing at approximately 1000°C and 650°C respectively. This behavior is attributed to the development of quadrupolar (orientational) glass states in each alloy below its transition temperature. We suggest that several other unexplained phenomena including tetragonal distortion in these cubic phases may also be understood by reference to the alloys' crystalline structures, which differ slightly. At equilibrium, each possesses a random two‐component crystalline constitution, one component of which is a low‐symmetry quadrupole intergrown with the other and capable of switching its unique axis in a small number of different directions. The quadrupoles interact, thereby imparting a disordered stress on the other component in the lattice. Such a structure is identifiable as a quadrupolar glass, the elastic analog of a spin glass.