TY - JOUR
T1 - Cathodoluminescence microscopy of impurity phases in ZrO2/Ni nano-composites
AU - Gholinia, A.
AU - Leach, C.
N1 - Funding Information:
AG acknowledges financial support from BRITE/ EURAM Grant BE 5564.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy of Ni/cubic-ZrO2 nano-composites has been used to demonstrate the presence of both secondary phases and compositional fluctuations within the microstructure. X-ray microanalysis showed that in this material red CL emissions were generated from aluminium rich phases, blue emissions originated from silicon rich phases, and green CL emissions were associated with a monoclinic zirconia phase. In rapidly characterizing the distribution and density of these impurities, the CL technique has proved to be a powerful and versatile tool in the determination of the purity of sintered pellets.
AB - Cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy of Ni/cubic-ZrO2 nano-composites has been used to demonstrate the presence of both secondary phases and compositional fluctuations within the microstructure. X-ray microanalysis showed that in this material red CL emissions were generated from aluminium rich phases, blue emissions originated from silicon rich phases, and green CL emissions were associated with a monoclinic zirconia phase. In rapidly characterizing the distribution and density of these impurities, the CL technique has proved to be a powerful and versatile tool in the determination of the purity of sintered pellets.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1018644218284
DO - 10.1023/A:1018644218284
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031354860
SN - 0022-2461
VL - 32
SP - 6625
EP - 6628
JO - Journal of Materials Science
JF - Journal of Materials Science
IS - 24
ER -