Dielectric relaxation in alumina based ceramics studied by thermally stimulated depolarization current method

  • Peng Zhang
  • , Chuang Zhang
  • , Chun Zhao
  • , Shihang Wang
  • , Jianying Li
  • , Haiyun Jin
  • , Hao Zhang
  • , Junyong Lu

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Abstract

Thermally stimulated depolarization currents (TSDC) method was used to investigate the dielectric relaxation processes in alumina based ceramics. TSDC of 99% purity alumina ceramics (A99) and zirconia toughened alumina ceramics (ZTA) with varied polarization electric fields and polarization temperatures were studied. Measurement results show that the TSDC was induced by dipole relaxation. The dipole in A99 ceramics consists of a substitutional Mg2 + ion and a trapped hole on one of the nearest oxygen ions. And the dipole in ZTA ceramics is defect association of YZr' − VO•• − YZr'. The orientation of defect dipoles was due to the hopping of oxygen vacancies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)134-138
Number of pages5
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume139
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2017

Keywords

  • Defect association
  • Dielectric relaxation
  • Thermally stimulated depolarization current
  • Zirconia toughened alumina

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