Mechanical Study of Copper Bonded at Low Temperature Using Spark Plasma Sintering Process

Mechanical Study of Copper Bonded at Low Temperature Using Spark Plasma Sintering Process

Bonding of high purity polished copper was investigated using the Spark Plasma Sintering technique (SPS) showing the effect of SPS parameters (surface roughness, time, temperature and pressure) on the bonding strength behaviour. Mechanical characterization of the bonded samples was performed at room temperature using tensile test. Two surfaces roughnesses were studied (un-polished and polished ...

Biomimetic apatite sintered at very low temperature by spark plasma sintering: physico-chemistry and microstructure aspects.

Nanocrystalline apatites analogous to bone mineral are very promising materials for the preparation of highly bioactive ceramics due to their unique intrinsic physico-chemical characteristics. Their surface reactivity is indeed linked to the presence of a metastable hydrated layer on the surface of the nanocrystals. Yet the sintering of such apatites by conventional techniques, at high temperat...

Spark Plasma Sintering of Negative Temperature Coefficient Thermistor Ceramics

Fabrication of Nanostructured Cu matrix Nanocomposites by High Energy Mechanical Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering

Spark plasma sintering (SPS) is a sintering process that is capable of sintering hard worked powders in short times. This technique was used to fabricate bulk Cu and Cu-SiC nanocomposites. Pure Cu and mixed powders of Cu including 4 vol% of SiC nanoparticles were mechanically alloyed for 25 h and sintered at 750˚C under vacuum condition by SPS method. Microstructures of the materials were chara...

Low temperature spark plasma sintering of YIG powders Authors: L. Fernandez-Garcia

A transition from a low to a high spin state in the magnetization saturation between 1000 and 1100 oC calcination temperature is observed in YIG powders prepared by oxides mixture. Spark plasma sintering of these powders between 900 and 950 oC leads to dense samples with minimal formation of YFeO3, opening the way to cosintering of YIG with metals or metallic alloys. The optical properties depe...