The fluores
cen
ce from (naturally present) Cr
3+ impurities was used to measure the residual stress in the alumina phase of six melt-grown
cerami
c eute
cti
c composites asso
ciating gadolinum aluminum perovskite (GAP), erbium aluminum garnet (EAG) or yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) with 伪-alumina and
cubi
c zir
conia. Su
ch measurements are reported for the first time in the GAP
containing eute
cti
cs.
In the usual hydrostatic assumption, we conclude to a residual compression in the range of 鈭?0-400 MPa depending on the sample composition. The validity of the hydrostatic assumption is questioned when a microscope is used for the measurements.