The effect of residual stress on mechanical resistance of ZrSiO4/Al2O3 laminates

Abstract

Layered ceramics were obtained by sequential slip casting of suspensions containing different proportions of zircon (Z) and alumina (A) as follow; 60Z40A, 40Z60A, 50Z50A and 80Z20A. Three laminar samples were fabricated using five thick layers and four thin layers, being the composition 60Z40A used for the thick layers and 40Z60A, 50Z50A and 80Z20A for the thin layers. From those thick/thin layers configurations, the residual stresses were: −46.27 MPa/+173.53 MPa, −11.25 MPa/+42.19 MPa and +9.70 MPa/−36.38 MPa for 60Z40A/40Z60A, 60Z40A/50Z50A and 60Z40A/80Z20A, respectively. The CTE (thermal expansion coefficient) was determined using monolithic samples of each composition; all laminar components were characterized by SEM and by the determination of the modulus of rupture. The result showed that the modulus of rupture were higher than the properties obtained for a monolithic 60Z40A sample, being 218% and 182% higher for laminar components configuration of 60Z40A/50Z50Aand 60Z40A/80Z20A, respectively. Also, due to high strain mismatch the laminar component 60Z40A/40Z60A showed lower mechanical properties than the 60Z40A monolithic sample.

Keywords

• Laminates
• Slip casting
• Mechanical properties
• Zircon