The single-crystal elastic moduli of yttria have been measured by Brillouin
spectroscopy up to 1200 degreesC. The room temperature values obtained are
C-11 = 223.7 +/-0.6 GPa, C-44 = 74.6 +/-0.7 GPa, and C-12 = 112.4 +/-1.1 G
Pa. The resulting bulk and (Voigt-Reuss-Hill) shear moduli are K = 149.5 +/
-1.0 GPa and G(VRH) = 66.3 +/-0.8 GPa, respectively. These agree much more
closely with experimental values reported for polycrystalline samples than
do previous single-crystal measurements. Linear least squares regressions t
o the variation of bulk and shear moduli with temperature result in derivat
ives of dK/dT = -17 +/-2 MPa/degreesC and dG(VRH)/dT = -8 +/-2 MPa/degreesC
. Elastic anisotropy was found to remain essentially constant over the temp
erature range studied. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.