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Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) method was practiced, in the current investigation, to obtain fully dense materials with an excellent dispersion of MWCNTs (Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes) within the matrix. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy micrographs as well as Raman Spectroscopy revealed no conspicuous signs of damages on the nanotubes' structure, as a result of applying appropriate processing measures. Measurements of mechanical properties' revealed the value of 15.2 +/- 0.4 MPa m(1/2) for indentation fracture toughness, impling our success to align transformation toughening (while the zirconia has the grain size around 1 mu m) with the effects of MWCNTs addition (5 wt%). High temperature mechanical properties of the composites have been investigated using Mechanical Spectroscopy (MS) up to 1600 K at frequency equal to 1 Hz. The MS results proved that CNTs could hinder grain-boundary sliding and subsequently lead to an enhanced creep resitance at high temperatures. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.
Daniele Mari, Lucas Eric Jacques Degeneve, Samy Adjam