Experimental investigation on material characterization of zirconia reinforced Alumina ceramic composites via powder forming process

Abstract

The main objective of the work is to study the different methods to fabricate zirconia reinforced alumina composite materials. Powder forming process is selected as the suitable fabrication method among the different processing methods. The alumina and zirconia are taken under different ratio for fabrication of the specimens. Further the powder is compacted and sintered. The hardness and the compression strength of the specimen are found. The characterization studies of the fabricated material composites are studied from the experiment conducted. The material properties are found and the results that by adding ZrO2 the properties of the composite are improved.