True Sedimentation and Particle Packing Rearrangement during Liquid Phase Sintering

When an alloy such as Ni-W is liquid phase sintered, heavy solid W particles sedimentate to the bottom of the container, provided that their volume fraction is less than a critical value. The sintering process evolves typically in two stages, diffusion-driven macrosegregation sedimentation followed by true sedimentation. During sedimentation, the overall solid volume fraction decreases concurrently with elimination of liquid concentration gradient. However, in the second stage of true sedimentation, the average solid volume fraction in the mushy zone increases with time, and oddly, no concentration gradient is necessary in the liquid zone. In this work, we propose that the true sedimentation results from particle rearrangement for higher packing efficiency.

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Densification of carbon-rich boron carbide nanopowder compacts

Journal of Materials Research ◽

10.1557/jmr.2007.0155 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 22 (5) ◽

pp. 1354-1359 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Namtae Cho ◽

Kathleen G. Silver ◽

Yolande Berta ◽

Robert F. Speyer ◽

Noel Vanier ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solid State ◽

Liquid Phase ◽

High Surface ◽

Liquid Phase Sintering ◽

Particle Packing ◽

Nano Particles ◽

Liquid Droplets ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Vast Number ◽

Solid State Sintering

The densification behavior of 20–40-nm graphite-coated B4C nano-particles was studied using dilatometry, x-ray diffraction, and electron microscopy. The sintering onset temperature was higher than expected from a nanoscale powder (∼1500 °C); remnant B2O3 kept particles separated until B2O3 volatilization, and the graphite coatings imposed particle-to-particle contact of a substance more refractory than B4C. Solid-state sintering (1500–1850 °C) was followed by a substantial slowing of contraction rate attributed to the formation of eutectic liquid droplets more than 10× the size of the original nano-particles. These droplets were induced to form well below the B4C-graphite eutectic temperature by the high surface energy of nanoparticles. They were interpreted to have quickly solidified to form a vast number of voids in particle packing, which in turn, impeded detection of continued solid-state sintering. Starting at 2200 °C, a permanent and interconnected liquid phase formed, which facilitated rapid contraction by liquid phase sintering and/or compact slumping.

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Effect of furnace atmosphere and silica content on the consolidation behaviour of magnesia partially stabilised zirconia

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100178410 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 1056-1057

Author(s):

J. Drennan ◽

R.H.J. Hannink ◽

D.R. Clarke ◽

T.M. Shaw

Keyword(s):

Liquid Phase ◽

Silica Content ◽

Liquid Phase Sintering ◽

Furnace Atmosphere ◽

Boundary Phase ◽

Analytical Electron ◽

Analytical Electron Microscope ◽

Series Of Experiments ◽

Compositional Gradients ◽

Mobile Liquid

Magnesia partially stabilised zirconia (Mg-PSZ) ceramics are renowned for their excellent nechanical properties. These are effected by processing conditions and purity of starting materials. It has been previously shown that small additions of strontia (SrO) have the effect of removing the major contaminant, silica (SiO2).The mechanism by which this occurs is not fully understood but the strontia appears to form a very mobile liquid phase at the grain boundaries. As the sintering reaches the final stages the liquid phase is expelled to the surface of the ceramic. A series of experiments, to examine the behaviour of the liquid grain boundary phase, were designed to produce compositional gradients across the ceramic bodies. To achieve this, changes in both silica content and furnace atmosphere were implemented. Analytical electron microscope techniques were used to monitor the form and composition of the phases developed. This paper describes the results of our investigation and the presentation will discuss the work with reference to liquid phase sintering of ceramics in general.

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Microstructure and microanalysis of sintered Fe-Nd-B permanent magnets

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100178082 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 990-991

Author(s):

Mahesh Chandramouli

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscope ◽

Liquid Phase ◽

Permanent Magnets ◽

Phase Distribution ◽

Energy Dispersive Spectrometer ◽

Nucleation And Growth ◽

Liquid Phase Sintering ◽

Domain Wall Energy ◽

Oxide Phases ◽

Scanning Electron

Magnetization reversal in sintered Fe-Nd-B, a complex, multiphase material, occurs by nucleation and growth of reverse domains making the isolation of the ferromagnetic Fe14Nd2B grains by other nonmagnetic phases crucial. The magnets used in this study were slightly rich in Nd (in comparison to Fe14Nd2B) to promote the formation of Nd-oxides at multigrain junctions and incorporated Dy80Al20 as a liquid phase sintering addition. Dy has been shown to increase the domain wall energy thus making nucleation more difficult while Al is thought to improve the wettability of the Nd-oxide phases.Bulk polished samples were examined in a JEOL 35CF scanning electron microscope (SEM) operated at 30keV equipped with a Be window energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) detector in order to determine the phase distribution.

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SOLID SOLUTION FORMATION DURING LIQUID PHASE SINTERING

Le Journal de Physique Colloques ◽

10.1051/jphyscol:1986166 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 47 (C1) ◽

pp. C1-441-C1-445

Author(s):

E. KOSTIĆ ◽

S. J. KISS ◽

D. CEROVIĆ

Keyword(s):

Solid Solution ◽

Liquid Phase ◽

Liquid Phase Sintering ◽

Solid Solution Formation ◽

Solution Formation

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Microstructure development during liquid-phase sintering

Zeitschrift für Metallkunde ◽

10.3139/146.101011 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 96 (2) ◽

pp. 141-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Sung-Min Lee ◽

Suk-Joong L. Kang

Keyword(s):

Liquid Phase ◽

Liquid Phase Sintering ◽

Microstructure Development

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ChemInform Abstract: Liquid Phase Sintering of Silicon Carbide.

ChemInform ◽

10.1002/chin.199632315 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 27 (32) ◽

pp. no-no

Author(s):

F. K. VAN DIJEN ◽

E. MAYER

Keyword(s):

Silicon Carbide ◽

Liquid Phase ◽

Liquid Phase Sintering

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Synthesis and Na+ Ion Conductivity of Stoichiometric Na3Zr2Si2PO12 by Liquid-Phase Sintering with NaPO3 Glass

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma14143790 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (14) ◽

pp. 3790

Author(s):

Yongzheng Ji ◽

Tsuyoshi Honma ◽

Takayuki Komatsu

Keyword(s):

Solid State ◽

Liquid Phase ◽

Sintering Temperature ◽

Liquid Phase Sintering ◽

Ion Conductivity ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Conventional Solid State Reaction ◽

X Ray ◽

Sintering Time ◽

Lower Activation

Sodium super ionic conductor (NASICON)-type Na3Zr2Si2PO12 (NZSP) with the advantages of the high ionic conductivity, stability and safety is one of the most famous solid-state electrolytes. NZSP, however, requires the high sintering temperature about 1200 °C and long sintering time in the conventional solid-state reaction (SSR) method. In this study, the liquid-phase sintering (LPS) method was applied to synthesize NZSP with the use of NaPO3 glass with a low glass transition temperature of 292 °C. The formation of NZSP was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analyses in the samples obtained by the LPS method for the mixture of Na2ZrSi2O7, ZrO2, and NaPO3 glass. The sample sintered at 1000 °C for 10 h exhibited a higher Na+ ion conductivity of 1.81 mS/cm at 100 °C and a lower activation energy of 0.18 eV compared with the samples prepared by the SSR method. It is proposed that a new LPE method is effective for the synthesis of NZSP and the NaPO3 glass has a great contribution to the Na+ diffusion at the grain boundaries.

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