Microwave sintering of dense and lattice 3Y-TZP samples shaped by digital light processing

Nowadays it is possible to produce ceramic parts with solid and complex shapes rapid efficient shaping sintering techniques. In this paper, 3mol% yttria stabilized zirconia (3Y-TZP) dense lattice were shaped by Digital light processing method (DLP) densified conventional (CV) microwave (MW) sintering. 3Y-TZP samples MW sintered up 1550 °C different heating rates (10, 30, 50 °C/min) for the 30 °C/min samples. Controlled thermal cycles a homogenous no runaway was reached. CV carried out at 10 °C. No inter-layer delamination detected after two methods. Both MW-sintered reached high final densities (equivalent obtained values CV-sintered samples, i.e., ≥98% T.D.), but exhibited lower average grain size than materials. The architectures between resulted in specific absorbed power: power sample that one meaning architecture heats easily.