“…Besides the described zirconia ceramics, several composites are used, with the most prominent being zirconia-toughened alumina containing 10-20 vol% ZrO 2 (ZTA) and alumina-toughened zirconia (ATZ). Y-TZP is widely used in cutting applications and dental implants and hence the hydrothermal stability of this material has been & Yoshimura, 1996;Sato et al, 1988b;Sato, Sato, Tamura, & Okuwaki, 1992;Sato, Tokunaga, Endo, et al, 1988a, 1988bSchilm et al, 2006;Schilm et al, 2007;Schilm, 2004;Schilm, Herrmann, & Michael, 2004a, 2004bSeipel & Nickel, 2003;Sharkawy & El-Aslabi, 1998;Shimada & Sato, 1989 Figure 12 Strengths of different ceramic materials after corrosion in 1 N NaOH, H 2 SO 4 and water at elevated temperatures (temperature is given in the graph) after 200h .…”