Abstract:
Four nanocrystalline ZrO$_2$(Y)- and Al$_2$O$_3$-based powders synthesized by plasma spray pyrolysis have been studied. It has been shown that the ZrO$_2$(3Y)-based system with second component Al$_2$O$_3$ forms a nonequilibrium solid solution ZrO$_2$(3Y, Al) with the tetragonal structure. It has been found that the existence of an component (ZrO$_2$(Y)) insoluble in the coarse-grained state in Al$_2$O$_3$-based systems causes the delay of the $\gamma$$\to$$\alpha$ transformation and decreases the size of the coherently scattering domains of formed nanosized modifications of Al$_2$O$_3$.