Table 1 The chemical composition on the polished and thermally etched surfaces of the grains of 3Y-ZrO2 matrix, 3Y-ZrO2-2 wt%Al2O3, and 3Y-ZrO2-10 wt%NiO composite materials. The numbers of spectrum are coinciding with the points marked on Fig. 3
Spectrum | Dopant | ZrO2 | Y2O3 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Without | ||||
1 | – | 86.99 | 13.01 | C-phase, Fig. 3a |
2 | – | 87.16 | 12.84 | C-phase, Fig. 3a |
3 | – | 94.27 | 5.73 | T-phase, Fig. 3a |
4 | – | 94.60 | 5.40 | T-phase, Fig. 3a |
Al2O3 | ||||
5 | 0.2 | 94.97 | 4.83 | T-phase, Fig. 3b |
6 | 0.12 | 94.65 | 5.23 | T-phase, Fig. 3b |
8 | 0.76 | 89.33 | 9.91 | C-phase, Fig. 3b |
9 | 0.46 | 88.97 | 10.57 | C-phase, Fig. 3b |
NiO | ||||
1 | 1.62 | 87.08 | 11.30 | C-phase, Fig. 3c |
2 | 2.02 | 86.37 | 11.61 | C-phase, Fig. 3c |
3 | 0.30 | 96.97 | 2.74 | T-phase, Fig. 3c |
4 | 0.98 | 94.92 | 4.11 | T-phase, Fig. 3c |