Characterisation of cracks in ZrO2 ceramic using a tri-beam microscope
- Abstract number
- 119
- Presentation Form
- Poster
- DOI
- 10.22443/rms.mmc2023.119
- Corresponding Email
- [email protected]
- Session
- Poster Session One
- Authors
- Dr Wing-Kwong Wong (1), Mr Fangzhou Shi (1), Dr Behnam Dashtbozorg (1), Dr Xiaoying Li (1), Prof Hanshan Dong (1), Prof Yu-Lung Chiu (1)
- Affiliations
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1. School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT
- Keywords
Tri-beam, Laser milling, ion-beam milling, Ceramic, Crack.
- Abstract text
A Hydra-Laser Tri-beam microscope equipped with a femto-second laser beam, four plasma focussed ions (Xenon, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Argon) and a high-resolution electron beam was used to characterised the indentation induced cracking in ZrO2. Results revealed that femto-second laser coupled with the electron imaging is a suitable technique to characterise cracks of microns in width and hundreds of microns in length introduced by the indentation. This paper explores the effect of femto-second laser milling and ion-beam milling parameters on the surface finishing of the ZrO2.