Original Russian Text © T.I. Panova, V.P. Popov, V.B. Glushkova, A.V. Domanskii, 2007, published in Fizika i Khimiya Stekla. 652 INTRODUCTION Zirconia has attracted considerable attention of materials technologists due to its high melting temperature, chemical inertness, hardness, wear resistance, small friction coefficient, and low thermal conductivity. Moreover, owing to their high oxygen-ion conductivity (especially for the tetragonal phase in the temperature range close to 400 ° C [1]), the materials based on zirconia can be used in various high-temperature electrochemical devices, specifically in sensors of oxygen partial pressure. Materials based on hafnia have been investigated to a lesser extent, because they are too expensive for wide practical applications. The chemical and physical properties of hafnia are similar to those of zirconia. However, compared to zirconia, hafnia has higher temperatures of melting and polymorphic transformations, a smaller thermal expansion coefficient, and a higher chemical durability. Electrolytes based on hafnia are stable to a rapid change in the temperature, have a high chemical stability, and possess a lower electronic conductivity at temperatures above 1200 ° C as compared to materials based on zirconia [2, 3].It is known [4-6] that the conditions used for the preparation of zirconia solid solutions substantially affect their crystal structure and properties of produced ceramic materials. Technologically, the coprecipitation of hydroxides followed by their heat treatment is the most promising method for synthesizing high-purity nanodisperse oxide materials. The techniques for overcoming the main disadvantage of this method (a high degree of particle agglomeration) were developed and described in our earlier works [5][6][7][8]. However, the search for new more efficient nanotechnologies, as before, remains an important problem. Ceria, which is structurally similar to zirconia, is an efficient stabilizer of the tetragonal zirconia modification. However, ceria at high temperatures and a deficit of oxygen can transform into a trivalent state, which results in a decomposition of solid solutions.The purpose of this work was to prepare tetragonal solid solutions of complex composition based on zirconia doped with HfO 2 , CeO 2 , and TiO 2 oxides from hydroperoxides according to the recommendations described in [9] and our experience in synthesizing ZrCe solid solutions from zirconium and cerium peroxides [6]. Moreover, we investigated sintering of the solid solutions and their electrical properties.
SAMPLE PREPARATION AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUEInvestigations were performed using differential thermal analysis (DTA) on a MOM Q1500 D derivatograph, X-ray powder diffraction on a DRON-3 diffractometer, and IR spectroscopy on a Perkin-Elmer 1760 X Fourier-transform IR spectrometer (United States) equipped with a special diffuse reflection attachment at a resolution of 8 cm -1 .The specific surface area of powders was measured using the low-temperature nitrogen adsorption method ...