Flash sintering as a nucleation phenomenon and a model thereof

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 4063-4067

  Naik, Kiran S ^a,b   Sglavo, Vincenzo M ^a   Raj, Rishi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Flash sintering; Incubation time; Nucleation and growth

Indexed keywords

NUCLEATION; SINTERED ALUMINA;

COLOSSAL PERMITTIVITY; ELECTRICAL DRIVING; FIELD-ASSISTED SINTERING; FLASH SINTERING; FURNACE TEMPERATURES; INCUBATION PERIODS; INCUBATION TIME; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH;

SINTERING;

EID: 84905591772     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2014.04.043     Document Type: Article

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