This thesis is focused on the study of the influence of plasma activation of powder ceramic materials on sintered microstructure. In this experiment Diffuse Coplanar Surface Barrier Discharge (DSCBD) device was used for plasma treatment and two materials were chosen to be investigated – Al2O3 (TAI) and ZrO2 doped with 3 mol % Y2O3 (TZ). Two methods of powders dispergation in suspension were used – ultrasound and ball milling. The effect of using of DCSBD on alumina and zirconia powders was investigated by mercury intrusion porosimetry, dilatometry and by evaluation of final relative densities and grain sizes. Generally, was investigated that plasma surface activation of ceramic particles has measurable influence on the final microstructure. In comparison with the non-plasma treated alumina powders, plasma activated powders disperged with ultrasound and ball milling achieved lower values of grain size at comparable relative densities. In case of zirconia powders was observed that plasma treated powders achieve higher relative densities, if ultrasound was used. On the other hand, plasma treated zirconia powders disperged with ball milling achieve lower relative densities compared with non-plasma treated zirconia powders. Final sintering trajectory of plasma treated TZ powders disperged with ultrasound is comparable to the sintering trajectory of non-plasma treated zirconia powders disperged with ball milling and vice versa. Plasma surface treatment is the way of more ecological friendly preparation of suspension and its stabilization than the conventional stabilization methods using chemical additives.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:400853 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Klevetová, Tereza |
| Contributors | Ráheľ,, Jozef, Pouchlý, Václav |
| Publisher | Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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