“…The most studied compositions are constituted by alumina Y 2 O 3 dstabilized zirconia (3 mol% of Y 2 O 3 , 3YTZP). A large number of studies have demonstrated their improved mechanical behavior (Casellas, Rafols, Llanes, & Anglada, 1999;Cesari, Esposito, Furgiuele, Maletta, & Tucci, 2006;Chevalier, Grandjean, Kuntz, & Pezzotti, 2009;Choi & Bansal, 2005;Magnani & Brillante, 2005;Tuan, Chen, Wang, Cheng, & Kuo, 2002) and thermal properties (Bansal & Zhu, 2005) compared with those of monophase alumina. These materials combine the outstanding properties of alumina, i.e., hardness, chemical inertness, and wear resistance, with improved fracture resistance.…”