Abstract:
The CaO–Al
2O
3–SiO
2 composite sintering aids were prepared by polymer network method using Al(NO
3)
3·9H
2O, Ca (NO) 2·4 H
2O, and C
8H
20O
4Si as the raw materials, showing the uniform constituent and high activity in the particle sizes of 3~7 μm.The Al
2O
3 and ZrO
2 raw powders were mixed and dry pressed with the CaO–Al
2O
3–SiO
2 composite sintering aids in the mass fraction of 3%, 5%, 7%, and 9%, and then the ZrO
2/Al
2O
3 composite ceramics samples were pressureless sintered at 1450 ℃ for 4 h.The effect of addition contents of CaO–Al
2O
3–SiO
2 composite sintering aids on the mechanical properties and microstructures of ZrO
2/Al
2O
3 composite ceramics were studied.The results show that, the comprehensive properties of ZrO
2/Al
2O
3 composite ceramics added with the CaO–Al
2O
3–SiO
2 composite sintering aids in the mass fraction of 5% are the optimal as the relative density of 94%, the micro-Vickers hardness of 1204 MPa, the flexural strength of 321 MPa, and the fracture toughness of 4.52 MPa·m
1/2.