Electric Current Activation of Sintering: A Review of the Pulsed Electric Current Sintering Process

The phenomenal increase during the past decade in research utilizing pulsed electric current to activate sintering is attributed generally to the intrinsic advantages of the method relative to conventional sintering methods and to the observations of the enhanced properties of materials consolidated...

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Published inJournal of the American Ceramic Society Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 1 - 19
Main Authors Munir, Zuhair A., Quach, Dat V., Ohyanagi, Manshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.01.2011
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Subjects
Activation
Ceramic sintering
Ceramics
Consolidation
Electric current
Electric currents
Heating
Heating rate
Physical properties
Simulation
Sintering
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Summary:The phenomenal increase during the past decade in research utilizing pulsed electric current to activate sintering is attributed generally to the intrinsic advantages of the method relative to conventional sintering methods and to the observations of the enhanced properties of materials consolidated by this method. This review focuses on the fundamental aspects of the process, discussing the reported observations and simulation studies in terms of the basic aspects of the process and identifying the intrinsic benefits of the use of the parameters of current (and pulsing), pressure, and heating rate.
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ISSN:0002-7820
1551-2916
DOI:10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04210.x