Fracture Toughness of Yttria-Stabilized Cubic Zirconia (8Y-CSZ) Doped with Pure Silica

Refractive index of cubic zirconia stabilized with yttria.

The optical transmission and indices of refraction for the cubic isomorph of ZrO(2) stabilized with 12.0-mol % Y(2)O(3) were measured at various temperatures and for a range of wavelengths from 0.36 to 5.1 microm. Index data to +/-5 x 10(-5) were fitted to a three-term Sellmeier equation. The value of N(D) = 2.15847. The dispersion N(G) - N(B) = 0.06044, while that for N(c) - N(f) = 0.03455. Th...

Fracture toughness of yttria-stabilized zirconia sintered in conventional and microwave ovens.

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The fabrication of zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) dental prosthetic substructures requires an extended sintering process (8 to 10 hours) in a conventional oven. Microwave sintering is a shorter process (2 hours) than conventional sintering. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the fracture toughness of 3 mol % Y2O3-stabilized ZrO2 sintered in a conventional or micro...

Fracture resistance of yttria-stabilized zirconia dental implant abutments.

PURPOSE An in vitro study was performed to assess the effect of different degrees of clinical reduction of zirconia abutments on the failure load of clinical assemblies. MATERIALS AND METHODS Zirconia abutments (Y-TZP Ceramic Abutment, Astra Tech) were prepared with 0, 0.5, or 1 mm of external axial reduction starting 1 mm above the height-of-contour. Abutments (n = 10) were attached to impla...

Computational Modelling Study of Yttria-stabilized Zirconia

Molecular dynamics simulations of yttria-stabilized zirconia

Oxygen diffusion in the oxygen ionic conductor yttria-stabilized zirconia is investigated by means of the molecular dynamics simulation technique. Oxygen ions migrate by means of a discrete hopping process, mainly between neighbouring tetrahedral sites. Diffusion appears to occur in a short time and a long time regime. Only when the oxygen ions have moved over distances much larger than the cha...