The room-temperature elastic moduli, fracture strength, and fracture toughness of dense, fine-grained, pure Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 and composites containing 1.3 and 9.1 wt.% Al2O3 were investigated. Addition of 9.1 wt.% Al2O3 to Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 changed the fracture mode from intergranular to transgranular and increased room-temperature fracture strength from 65 to 125 MPa and fracture toughness from 1.3 to 1.6 MPam(1/2). In addition, steady-state compressive creep was measured for Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 and the Ce0.9Gd0.1O2-x + 9.1 wt.% Al2O3 composite. The stress exponent approximate to 1.3 and the activation energy approximate to 480 kJ/mole for Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 suggested diffusional flow controlled by the cations. There was no difference in creep rate between Ce0.9Gd0.1O2-x and the composite.
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Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Quim, Dept Fis & Quim Teor, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Mat, London SW7 2AZ, England
Ruiz-Trejo, Enrique
Kilner, John A.
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