Local field strengths during early stage field assisted sintering (FAST) of dielectric materials

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3659-3666

  Holland, Troy B ^a   Anselmi Tamburini, Umberto ^b   Quach, Dat V ^a   Tran, Tien B ^a   Mukherjee, Amiya K ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electric field; Ionic ceramics; Sintering; SPS

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION BEHAVIOR; FIELD STRENGTHS; INITIAL STAGES; IONIC CERAMICS; LOCAL FIELDS; NECK FORMATION; PARTICLE SURFACE; SPS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SINTERING;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84863865782     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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