Study of Polymorphic Transformation Processes and Their Influence in Polycrystalline ZrO2 Ceramics upon Irradiation with Heavy Ions
Kozlovskiy A.L. Alin M. Borgekov D.B.
March 2023MDPI
Ceramics
2023#6Issue 1686 - 706 pp.
The aim of this work was to study the mechanisms of polymorphic transformations in ZrO2 ceramics under irradiation with heavy ions, as well as to determine the nature of structural distortions in the case of t-ZrO2 → c-ZrO2 type transformations and associated anisotropic deformations. The samples of ZrO2 ceramics were irradiated with Kr15+ heavy ions with an energy of 150 MeV and fluences of 1011–1016 ion/cm2. During evaluation of the structural changes depending on the irradiation fluence, it was found that at low irradiation fluences (1011–1012 ion/cm2), the main role is played by deformation distortions of the crystal lattice, which have a pronounced anisotropic character. Meanwhile, at fluences above 1013 ion/cm2, the main role is played by polymorphic transformations of the t-ZrO2 → c-ZrO2 type, followed by amorphization of the damaged layer at fluences above 1015 ion/cm2. It was established that the anisotropic distortion of the crystal lattice is more pronounced along the crystallographic a axis, as well as the (011) texture orientation, which is characteristic of t-ZrO2. The polymorphic transformation processes of the t-ZrO2 → c-ZrO2 type occur at irradiation fluences of 1013–1014 ions/cm2, which are characterized by the formation of an overlap of local areas of defects that appear along the trajectory of ions in the material. The dependences of changes in the strength and thermophysical properties of ZrO2 ceramics on the irradiation fluence were obtained. The mechanisms of influence of the structural disorder and polymorphic transformations on the decrease in strength and crack resistance were established.
heavy ions , polymorphic transformations , radiation damage , structural changes , structural materials , ZrO2 ceramics
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Engineering Profile Laboratory, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, 010008, Kazakhstan
The Institute of Nuclear Physics of Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050032, Kazakhstan
RSE Kazakhstan Institute of Standardization and Metrology, Astana, 010008, Kazakhstan
Engineering Profile Laboratory
The Institute of Nuclear Physics of Republic of Kazakhstan
RSE Kazakhstan Institute of Standardization and Metrology
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