Comparison in mechanical properties of zirconium titanate (ZrTiO4) synthetized by alternative routes and sintered by microwave (MW)

Abstract

This paper shows the mechanical properties of zirconium titanate (ZrTiO4) synthetized by SOL-GEL and Lyophilization methods. In bout cases, the materials were fabricated to different sintering method: Microwave and Conventional. The sinterization parameter for conventional were 1500 ºC/ 2 h and for microwave 1200ºC /10 min. The material obtained was characterized by micro-indentation technique and FESEM analysis of microstructure. It was observed that the microwave sintering process produce comparable density and uniform microstructure with conventional, using less time and energy.