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Segregant Enhanced Fracture of Ceramics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

K. T. Faber  and
Cynthia C. Hickenbottom
K. T. Faber
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Technological Institute, Evanston, IL 60208
Cynthia C. Hickenbottom
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University, Department of Ceramic Engineering, 2041 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210
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Abstract

The fracture toughness and failure mode of ceramic materials are highly sensitive to the presence of impurities at grain boundaries. Magnesium oxide serves as a model material to investigate fracture with respect to impurity levels at grain boundaries. Lithium fluoride, added to MgO as a sintering aid, is retained as an intergranular phase. By post-fabrication heat treatment, the LiF is removed and a change in fracture mode follows. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy, along with analytical (atomic absorption spectroscopy and selective electrode analysis) and microanalytical (scanning Auger microprobe) techniques are used to follow the progression of LiF with heat treatment. The results of this study are compared to other oxides and carbide systems in which the fracture toughness has also been found to be sensitive to the amount and location of segregants.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 122: Symposium I – Interfacial Structure, Properties, and Design , 1988 , 475
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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