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  • Evaluation of the electrical properties of Gd2O3-stabilized ZrO2 at two representative temperatures 
  • Fathollah Moztarzadeha, Mohammadreza Tahririb,*, Seyed Habib Alavic, Maziar Ashuria and Saeed Reza Shahmoradia
  • a Biomaterials group, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran b Iranian Tissue Bank & Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran c School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Zirconia doped with ceramic oxides such as CaO, Y2O3 and Gd2O3 is a good structural material and a well-known ionic conductor. In the present study the electrical properties of gadolinium oxide doped zirconia at different temperatures were studied. The results show that the maximum conductivity of Gd2O3 stabilized zirconia can be obtained by adding 10 mol% of Gd2O3, which is necessary to form a fluorite type solid solution. Finally the electrical conductivity mechanism in zirconia which has been stabilized by adding different types of dopants is discussed.

Keywords: ZrO2; Gd2O3; Electrical properties; Temperature; Correlation factor

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  • 2014; 15(6): 408-410

    Published on Dec 31, 2014