Densification of powders using explosive energy.

Full densification of Molybdenum powders using Spark Plasma Sintering

Pure molybdenum powder was sintered using Spark Plasma Sintering under various temperatures, and holding times, under a pressure of 77 MPa and a heating rate at 700°C/min. After sintering, a carbide layer was observed at the surface. The carbide layer thickness, the relative density of the sample as well as the microhardness and the grain size of Mo were measured. The carbide thickness depends ...

Enhanced densification of zinc powders through thermal cycling

The densification of zinc powders by uniaxial hot pressing is investigated under both isothermal and thermal cycling conditions. Thermal cycling results in enhanced densification kinetics as compared to isothermal compaction at the upper cycle temperature. Using mechanistic models of initial-stage powder densification, the experimental data are analyzed to reveal the creep stress-exponent and a...

Densification behaviour of metal powders at high temperature

analysis of die less explosive forming of bimetallic circular plates using “energy conservation law”

die less explosive forming of circular plates is one of the most useful methods in the industries especially chemical applications. manufacturing of large vessel's head, multilayer rings and some parts of heat exchangers are the example of applying this method. many theoretical and experimental researches about examining the explosive forming of simple and single layer plate have been done...

Spark Plasma Sintering of Commercial Zirconium Carbide Powders: Densification Behavior and Mechanical Properties

Commercial zirconium carbide (ZrC) powder is consolidated by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS). Processing temperatures range from 1650 to 2100 °C. Specimens with various density levels are obtained when performing single-die SPS at different temperatures. Besides the single-die tooling setup, a double-die tooling setup is employed to largely increase the actual applied pressure to achieve higher de...