Electric field-assisted sintering in comparison with the hot pressing of yttria-stabilized zirconia

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-31

  Langer, Jochen ^a   Hoffmann, Michael J ^b   Guillon, Olivier ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; DENSIFICATION MECHANISMS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIELD-ASSISTED SINTERING; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MEDIAN PARTICLE SIZE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SAMPLE GEOMETRY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROSCOPY; SINTERED SAMPLES; SUBMICRON POWDERS;

DENSIFICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; HOT PRESSING; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIA;

SINTERING;

EID: 80053052967     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04016.x     Document Type: Article

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