Zirconia sintered body and production method for the same

Abstract

A zirconia sintered body with excellent translucency and hydrothermal degradation resistance is provided. A production method for a zirconia sintered body that is to be disclosed herein includes a process body preparing step of preparing a process body containing zirconia and yttria and/or ytterbia, in which a total proportion of the yttria and the ytterbia is 4 mol % or more and 6 mol % or less when a total of the zirconia, the yttria, and the ytterbia is set to 100 mol %, a first heating step of heating the process body at 800° C. or higher and 1200° C. or lower, a second heating step of heating the process body after the first heating step at 1600° C. or higher and 2000° C. or lower by microwave heating, and a cooling step of decreasing a temperature of the process body after the second heating step to 1300° C. at a rate of 50° C./min or more.

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