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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2006, Article ID 98769, Pages 1–8 DOI 10.1155/JNM/2006/98769 Effect of Pressure on Synthesis of Pr-Doped Zirconia Powders Produced by Microwave-Driven Hydrothermal Reaction A. Opalinska,1, 2 C. Leonelli,3 W. Lojkowski,1 R. Pielaszek,1 E. Grzanka,1 T. Chudoba,1 H. Matysiak,2 T. Wejrzanowski,2 and K. J. Kurzydlowski2 1 Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Sokolowska 29, 01-142 Warsaw, Poland 2 Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Woloska 141, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland 3 Department of Materials and Environmental Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Vignolese 905/A, 41100 Modena, Italy Received 15 March 2006; Revised 19 December 2006; Accepted 20 December 2006 A high-pressure microwave reactor was used to study the hydrothermal synthesis of zirconia powders doped with 1 mol % Pr. ◦ ◦ The synthesis was performed in the pressure range from 2 to 8 MPa corresponding to a temperature range from 215 C to 305 C. This technology permits a synthesis of nanopowders in short time not limited by thermal inertia of the vessel. Microwave heat- ing permits to avoid contact of the reactants with heating elements, and is thus particularly well suited for synthesis of doped nanopowders in high purity conditions. A mixture of ZrO2 particles with tetragonal and monoclinic crystalline phases, about 15 nm in size, was obtained. The p/T threshold of about 5-6 MPa/265–280◦C was necessary to obtain good quality of zirconia powder. A new method for quantitative description of grain-