Manufacturing of reliable Zirconia toughened Alumina for joint replacement

• Main Author: Peh, Wee Yang.
• Other Authors: Choong Swee Neo Cleo
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Ceramic materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51840
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Zirconia toughened alumina (ZTA) composites with addition of pristine multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and nickel-coated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (Ni-MWCNT) ranging from 0.01 wt% to 0.20 wt% were prepared using gelcasting. Samples were densified after sintering at a temperature of 1...