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Electric fields and the future of scalability in spark plasma sintering

SCRIPTA MATERIALIA (2013)

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SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
Volume 69, Issue 2, Pages 117-121

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.02.047

Keywords

Electric fields; Sintering; Spark plasma sintering; Scalability

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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

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  1. Defense University Research Instrumentation Program [N00014-07-1-0745]
  2. Office of Naval Research [N00014-10-1-0632]
  3. Fondazione Carriplo

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To date, spark plasma sintering (SPS) has enjoyed much success in materials research and lesser, but growing, success in industrial applications. To some degree, the limitations in usage can be associated with the specific knowledge of the nature of the contributions and benefits that SPS provides over traditional sintering apparati. As sample dimension requirements are increased, the energy requirements of production become problematic and the scalability of the technique is an open question. (C) 2013 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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