Author(s):
1. Madeeha Riaz:
Department of Physics, Lahore College for Women University,Lahore,Pakistan
2. Rehana Zia:
Department of Physics, Lahore College for Women University,Lahore,Pakistan
3. Farhat Saleemi:
Government University for Women,Sialkot,Pakistan
4. Roman A Perez:
Department of Nanobiomedical Science, Dankook University,Cheonan,South Korea
Abstract:
In present study, monoclinic-ZrO2 (m-ZrO2) was used as a nucleating agent with SiO2-Al2O3 CaO-MgO system, to evaluate microstructural change, crystallization tendency, mechanical and chemical properties of glass ceramics as a function of zirconia addition. It was found that zirconia not only helps in crystallization of glass ceramic but also improves mechanical properties of glass ceramic. With increase in concentration of ZrO2 in the system the chemical durability of against acid and alkali and Vickers's hardness increases, 1.64% ZrO2 showed superior chemical durability and mechanical strength. Therefore, the experimental results provided strong evidence that this material had all the potential properties to be used as building material, or as an engine component.
Page(s):
255-261
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Proceedings of Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Volume: 52, Issue: 3, Year: 2015
Keywords:
crystallization
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nucleating agent
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Zirconia
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diopside
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Glassceramic
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