Zirconia-based sinter, process for producing the same, gringing

Details Zirconia-based sinter, process for producing the same, gringing Zirconia-based sinter, process for producing the same, gringing

1995-12-20

1997-08-12

Group, Karl

Compositions: ceramic

Ceramic compositions

Refractory

501104, 51309, 433 8, C04B 35486

Patent

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056565640

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BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a zirconia-based sinter and a process for producing the same, and to a grinding part material and a bracket material for dental correction both constituted of said zirconia-based sinter. More particularly, this invention relates to a zirconia-based sinter stabilized with a rare earth metal oxide which sinter has high fracture toughness properties, is excellent in mechanical strength and thermal stability, and contains a boron compound, a process for producing said sinter, and a grinding part material and a bracket material for dental correction both constituted of said zirconia-based sinter.


BACKGROUND ART

In recent years, a zirconia (ZrO.sub.2)-based sinter is extensively used as a constituent material of, e.g., ceramic scissors and medical materials taking advantage of its toughness, mold extrusion dies taking advantage of its lubricity, heat-insulating engine parts taking advantage of its heat-insulating properties and thermal expansion characteristics, or oxygen sensors and fuel cells taking advantage of its oxygen ion conductivity. It is known that of such sinters the zirconia-based sinters containing a rare earth metal oxide as a stabilizer have exceedingly high fracture toughness properties as compared with other ceramics. Products taking advantage of this property are being developed enthusiastically. For example, attention is focused on use as a grinding part material, e.g., a grinding medium for use in the mixing or grinding of ceramic materials, metal powders, food-related substances, or the like. Also attracting attention is use as a bracket material for dentition correction which is superior in aesthetic property to bracket materials made of metal, polymer, etc., and combines high strength and toughness.
By the way, the fracture toughness properties of a zirconia-based sinter containing a rare earth metal oxide as a stabilizer tend to decrease in proportion to the amount of the stabilizer and to sintering temperature. For example, it is known that zirconia-based sinters having a stabilizer content lower than 2% by mole show excellent fracture toughness properties.
Consequently, the tendency described above indicates that a zirconia-based sinter having high fracture toughness properties can be obtained if a raw material containing a stabilizer in an amount smaller than 2% by mole (hereinafter abbreviated simply as "low-mole") is used and can be sintered at a low temperature.
However, it is extremely difficult to sinter zirconia with a low-mole stabilizer. In addition, zirconia-based sinters containing a rare earth metal oxide as a stabilizer generally have a drawback that they are susceptible to deterioration during long-term aging in a low-temperature region (the deterioration being caused by the transition of tetragonal crystals, which constitute a metastable phase at ordinary temperature among the crystal phases of the zirconia-based sinter, to monoclinic crystals, which constitute a stable phase, and by the development of minute cracks within the sinter as a result of a volume expansion accompanying the phase transition). In particular, aging in water or steam at 100.degree. to 300.degree. C. is a cause of considerable deterioration, and zirconia-based sinters stabilized with a low-mole stabilizer are more apt to undergo such a phenomenon.
The prior art techniques have therefore had a problem that a zirconia-based sinter having high toughness properties is difficult to produce. Even if a zirconia-based sinter having high toughness is produced, this kind of highly tough zirconia-based sinters have drawbacks of poor thermal stability in a low-temperature region and impaired product reliability and, hence, have a problem that the applications thereof are considerably limited.
Grinding part materials comprising a zirconia-based sinter excellent in strength and wear resistance have been proposed so far (see, e.g., examined Japanese patent publication No. 20587/1990). However, since these prior art zirconia-based sinters undergo a considerable

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