Investigation of sintering mechanisms of alumina using kinetic field and master sintering diagrams

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2225-2234

  Raether, F ^a   Schulze Horn, P ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SILICATE RESEARCH ISC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Alumina; Constrained sintering; Kinetic field; Sinter forging; Sintering kinetics

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED SINTERING; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; ISO-STRAIN; MEASURING TECHNIQUE; NON-CONTACT; SINTER FORGING; SINTERING KINETICS; SINTERING MECHANISM; SPECIFIC LOADS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMO-OPTICAL;

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ACTIVATION ENERGY; FORGING MACHINES; FORGINGS; GRAPHIC METHODS; HEATING; HEATING RATE; SHRINKAGE; SINTERED ALUMINA; SINTERING;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 67349119495     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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