There is considerable interest in processing technologies which can lead to more energy efficient sintering of metal powders. The use of microwave sintering in particular leads to reduced energy usage during sintering as the volumetric heating process is considerably more efficient compared with resistance heating. In this study the use of a novel plasma microwave processing technology for the ...

Sintering, as a thermal process at elevated temperature below the melting point, is widely used to bond contacting particles into engineering products such ceramics, metals, polymers, and cemented carbides. Modelling simulation important complement experiments are essential for understanding sintering mechanisms optimization design of process. We share in this article state-to-the-art review on...

Results about the vitrification of several hazardous iron-rich industrial wastes (from productions of Zn and Cu metals, as well as EAFD and MSWA) and the usage of obtained glasses for synthesise of sintered glass-ceramics are summarises. It is shown that the appropriated method of sinter-crystallization mainly depends on the crystallization trend of used glasses. When the parent composition is ...

Abstract Image analysis is used to study the effect of sintering atmosphere and sintering times on the pores morphology of Astaloy CrM. The pores morphology was described by means of some parameters, Circular Diameter (DC)- which shows the diameter of equivalent circle for comparing the pore size, FElongation and FShape- which have different geometrical meanings. The results have been interpret...

In the current study, Al2O3–TiN composites were successfully fabricated with various particle sizes (10, 20, 30, and 50 μm) and concentrations (5, 10, 15, and 20 vol %) via a novel ball milling + Ti reactive sintering process. By applying the reactive sintering, Ti powders will transform into TiN particles, which act as mechanical reinforcements and electrical conductors in the Al2O3 matrix. Th...

Thermal effects are important considerations at the initial stage in spark plasma sintering of non-conductive Al2O3 powders. The generalized thermo-elastic theory is introduced to describe the influence of the heat transport and thermal focusing caused by thermal wave propagation within a constrained space and transient time. Simulations show that low sintering temperature can realize high loca...