Zirconia Toughened Alumina (ZTA)
In challenging applications ZTA (Zirconia Toughened Alumina) offers exceptional mechanical strength and a level of toughness that far exceeds Alumina, making it particularly suited to physically demanding environments.
Zirconia Toughened Alumina (ZTA) offers distinctive benefits over other ceramic materials, particularly Alumina. ZTA is produced through a stress induced transformation process which uniformly incorporates fine Zirconia particles throughout the Alumina. This composite ceramic material, which has a typical Zirconia content of 10%-20%, provides excellent mechanical strength and toughness.
Typical Zirconia Toughened Alumina characteristics include:
- Excellent strength
- Excellent toughness
- Excellent wear resistance
- High temperature stability
- Corrosion resistance
Zirconia Toughened Alumina is the ideal ceramic material for a wide range of components and products in applications which feature high levels of wear and corrosion. Resistance to this wear is one of the key features of Zirconia Toughened Alumina, meaning that components manufactured from ZTA offer increased component life and a more cost effective long term solution.
Typical Zirconia Toughened Alumina applications include:
- Pump components
- Bearings
- Joint implants
- Bushings
- Cutting tool inserts
- Valve seats
- Wear components
- Biocompatible devices
In the past Zirconia Toughened Alumina (ZTA) has been successfully implemented as pump components, cutting tools, biocompatible implants and bushings, where Morgan Technical Ceramics engineers have delivered innovation and value to customers. If you would like to investigate the potential for Zirconia Toughened Alumina (ZTA) in your industry, please contact us today.
