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High Temperature Fabrication of Nanostructured Yttria-Stabilized-Zirconia YSZ Scaffolds by In Situ Carbon Templating Xerogels
Published on: April 16, 2017
Impact of changes in sintering temperatures on characteristics of 4YSZ and 5YSZ
Julia Grambow1, Sebastian Wille1, Matthias Kern1
1Department of Prosthodontics, Propaedeutics and Dental Materials, School of Dentistry, Christian-Albrechts University, Arnold-Heller-Straße 16, Kiel, D-24105, Germany.
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different sintering temperatures on biaxial flexural strength (BFS), dynamic loading, surface hardness, color reproduction, translucency, surface roughness and microstructure of zirconia with 4 mol% yttria (4YSZ) compared to zirconia with 5 mol% yttria (5YSZ).
Methods:
Zirconia discs with 12 mm diameter and 1.2 mm thickness were prepared and divided into three groups (n = 53) according to different sintering temperatures (1400 °C, 1500 °C and 1600 °C). Each group was divided into five subgroups (n = 10) according to the dynamic loading procedure (none, 50%, 65%, 75% and 80%) conducted before the quasi-static BFS test and another subgroup (n = 3) used for X-ray-diffraction (XRD) microstructure analysis. BFS test and dynamic loading were performed with a piston-on-three-ball test. The surface hardness was evaluated according to Vickers. Color reproduction and translucency were measured with a spectrophotometer. A 3D laser scanning microscope was used to determine the surface roughness. Grain size measurements were performed using SEM.
Results:
A significant increase in biaxial flexural strength was observed while the sintering temperature decreased. 4YSZ had significantly higher results in biaxial flexural strength than 5YSZ. A decrease in sintering temperature resulted in a significant increase in Vickers hardness. Furthermore, 4YSZ showed significantly better color reproduction with increasing sintering temperature. At higher temperatures (1500 °C and 1600 °C), 4YSZ showed better color reproduction than 5YSZ. Compared to 4YSZ, specimens of 5YSZ exhibited significant higher translucency. Using XRD, a distorted tetragonal phase was detected in addition to regular tetragonal and cubic phases in specimens without any stress and at a low sintering temperature. The grain sizes of both materials increased with an increase in sintering temperature.
Conclusion:
The sintering temperature has significant effects on the microstructure and thus on the mechanical and optical properties of the evaluated zirconia.
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