Elsevier, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 12(20), p. 2095-2100, 2000
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(00)00103-5
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Bulk and grain boundary diffusion of calcium in yttria fully stabilized zirconia was studied in air in the temperature range from 1100 to 1400°C. Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) was used to determine the diffusion profiles as average concentration vs. depth in the B-type kinetic region. The obtained results allowed the calculation of the temperature dependence of the bulk diffusion coefficient D and the grain boundary diffusion parameter D′δs. Activation energies of these processes amount to 333 and 367 kJ mol−1, respectively. Diffusion data of calcium were compared to those of titanium obtained previously using the same zirconia material.