High-energy ball milling and spark plasma sintering of molybdenum - lanthanum oxide (Mo-La2O3) and molybdenum – lanthanum zirconate (Mo-La2Zr2O7) composite powders

Ladislav Čelko, Serhii Tkachenko, Mariano Casas-Luna, Lucie Dyčková, Vendula Bednaříková, Michaela Remešová, Pavel Komarov, Andrea Deák, Matej Baláž, Deborah Crawford, Sebastian Diaz-de-la-Torre, Ede Bodoki, Jaroslav Cihlář

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Abstract

The current study is focused on the preparation of Mo-10 vol%La2O3 and Mo-10 vol% La2Zr2O7 composite powders via low- and high-energy ball milling approaches as potential candidates for near-future high-temperature structural applications. The mechanical milling parameters play a critical role on the final powder's microstructure. When using the high-energy milling mode (using 800 rpm, ball-to-powder ratio (BPR) 100: 6), the homogeneous powder agglomerates are formed with refined laminated microstructure and more uniform ceramic phase distribution in both Mo-La2O3 and Mo-La2Zr2O7 systems compared to the powders produced by means of the low-energy milling mode (using 350 rpm, BPR 100: 6), where inhomogeneous powder mixture with less embedding of ceramic phases into Mo agglomerates was obtained. This study also focuses on the evaluation of high-temperature phase and microstructural stability of the produced composite powders treated at the temperature of 1300 °C under the different gaseous environments, including ambient, inert and reducing atmospheres. The Mo-10 vol% La2Zr2O7 composite powder exhibited better thermal stability during the high-temperature exposure in all tested atmospheres in comparison with the Mo-La2O3 composite powder, since it revealed less intensive formation of the intermediate phases, such as lanthanum oxymolybdates. Therefore, the Mo-10 vol% La2Zr2O7 composite powder was used further for consolidation by means of spark plasma sintering at 1600 °C. The successful production of Mo-La2Zr2O7 composite with homogeneous distribution of ceramic phase, the grain size about of 5 μm, and hardness of 3.4 GPa was not reported so far.

Original languageEnglish
Article number105717
JournalInternational Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials
Volume102
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • High-energy milling
  • Lanthanum oxide
  • Lanthanum zirconium oxide
  • Molybdenum
  • Spark plasma sintering
  • Thermal stability

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