Journal
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
Volume 443, Issue 1-2, Pages 25-32Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2006.07.092
Keywords
densification; spark plasma sintering (SPS); ceramic; nanocrystallme; nanoparticle; MgO
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Effect of the particle size on the possible electric discharge during the SPS was examined. Nanoparticle compacts enable accumulation of high electric charge, and discharge under conventional voltages used for the SPS. The critical particle size for the electric discharge is both morphological and material dependent. The early stages of densification of the nanocrystalline powder compact proceed either by the plastic deformation or grain-rotation coalescence and sliding, aided by softening of the particle surfaces. The active densification mechanism depends on the changes both in the mechanical and electrical properties with temperature. Densification of 11 nm nc-M90 particles with low yield stress proceeds by plastic deformation already at 700 degrees C. However, densification of 34 nm nc-YAG particles with high yield stress proceeds by nano-grain rotation aided by particle surface softening. Densification at the final stages of SPS is associated with diffusional processes, where curvature driven grain growth predominates. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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