High-temperature tensile ductility of Al
2O
3 is much enhanced by spinel (MgO·1.5Al
2O
3) dispersion. However, the enhanced tensile ductility in Al
2O
3-20vol% spinel cannot be explained solely from grain size stability or reduction of flow stress. Detailed microstructural analysis reveals that the crack-like cavity growth rate during high-temperature deformation is more sluggish in Al
2O
3-20vol% spinel than in 0.1wt% MgO-doped single-phase Al
2O
3. The enhanced tensile ductility in Al
2O
3-20vol% spinel must be explained from the reduction of crack-like cavity growth rate during deformation. Since the grain boundaries in Al
2O
3-20vol% spinel mainly consist of Al
2O
3 grain boundaries and Al
2O
3/spinel interphase boundaries, the origin of the sluggish crack-like cavity growth in Al
2O
3-20vol% spinel is due to high resistivity against crack growth in Al
2O
3/spinel boundaries. Detailed TEM analysis clarifies that there is an epitaxial relationship between Al
2O
3 and spinel grains in many Al
2O
3/spinel interphase boundaries. These interphase boundaries are expected to have smaller interfacial energy, which must act to retard the crack-like cavity growth in spinel dispersed Al
2O
3.
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