Abstract
Ceria–zirconia ceramic alloys were sintered by high-temperature annealing, considering several synthesis temperatures to obtain a full-dense ceria–zirconia ceramic material using a temperature as low as possible. It was found that fully density is achieved at temperatures of 1450 °C. Monolithic specimens were crept under compression at high temperatures. The creep results fitted an empirical constitutive equation consistent with a classical Ratchinger mechanism for grain switching. This result was confirmed through microstructural characterization of as-received and post-mortem specimens. Since the conventional Ashby–Verrall model is contrary to the mechanism controlling creep in other zirconia alloys, the results are considered in the framework of a new grain boundary sliding model, with particular discussion of the validity of that model for the ceria–zirconia case.
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