Role of stoichiometry in processes of wetting and contact interaction for nickel—zirconia systems

 

I. M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of the NAS of Ukraine, Omeliana Pritsaka str.,3, Kyiv, 03142, Ukraine
Adhesion of Melts and Brazing of Materials - Kiev: Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science NASU, 2015, #48
http://www.materials.kiev.ua/article/1869

Abstract

New interesting phenomenon was found: inert metal (nickel) wets the inert substrate (ZrO2 —ceramic) on the condition that high non-stoichiometry of zirconia is retained. This phenomenon is explained by dissolution of surplus zirconium in nickel.


NON-STOICHIOMETRY, WETTABILITY, ZIRCONIA