Master sintering curve: A practical approach to its construction

The concept of a Master Sintering Curve (MSC) is a strong tool for optimizing the sintering process. However, constructing the MSC from sintering data involves complicated and time-consuming calculations. A practical method for the construction of a MSC is presented in the paper. With the help of a few dilatometric sintering experiments the newly developed software calculates the MSC and finds the optimal activation energy of a given material. The software, which also enables sintering prediction, was verified by sintering tetragonal and cubic zirconia, and alumina of two different particle sizes

Properties of Magnesium Titanate Ceramic Obtained by Two Stage Sintering

Poster presented at the III Serbian Ceramic Society Conference, 29th September - 1st October, Belgrade, 201

Advantages of Combined Sintering Compared to Conventional Sintering of Mechanically Activated Magnesium Titanate

In this article, the advantages of combined sintering in comparison with the conventional one, of mechanically activated magnesium titanate ceramic were investigated. The stoichiometric mixtures of MgO and TiO2 were mechano-chemically activated for 0, 10, 40, 80 and 160 minutes by ball milling and then isostatically pressed (CIP) to form green bodies. Conventional sintering was realized by heating up to 1400 degrees C and hold for 30 minutes in air atmosphere. Resulting ceramic samples with closed porosity were post-sintered by pressure assisted technique Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) at 1280 degrees C/3h in argon atmosphere with a pressure of 200 MPa. The best results were observed in the case of samples post-sintered by HIP, when single-phase MgTiO3 samples with relative density of 96% were prepared

The effect of Hot Isostatic Pressing on the MT sample densities

Mechanically activated powders (0, 10, 40, 80 and 160 minutes) were formed by isostatic pressure 300 MPa to cylindrical green bodies (φ 12 mm). First set of samples was sintered at 1300°C for 30 min in air (heating rate 10 °C/min, cooling rate 5 oC/min). These samples were re-sintered at 1200 oC for 20 h in air (heating rate 20 °C/min, cooling rate 10 oC/min). Samples reached almost 90 % TD. The second set of samples was sintered at 1400 °C for 30 in air (heating rate 10 oC/min, cooling rate 5 °C/min). Relative densities increased up to 93 % TD. The samples of absence of open porosity (MTO-10, 40, 80 and 160) were post-sintered by pressure assisted technique Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) at 1200 °C for 2 h in argon atmosphere with pressure 200 MPa. The samples increased densities up to 96 % TD for sample MT-160. Electrical measurements were performed in the microwave field of frequency

Master Sintering Surface: A practical approach to its construction and utilization for Spark Plasma Sintering prediction

The sintering is a complex thermally activated process, thus any prediction of sintering behaviour is very welcome not only for industrial purposes. Presented paper shows the possibility of densification prediction based on concept of Master Sintering Surface (MSS) for pressure assisted Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS). User friendly software for evaluation of the MSS is presented. The concept was used for densification prediction of alumina ceramics sintered by SPS

Properties of Magnesium Titanate Ceramic Obtained by Two Stage Sintering

Poster presented at the III Serbian Ceramic Society Conference, 29th September - 1st October, Belgrade, 201

The effect of Hot Isostatic Pressing on the MT sample densities

Mechanically activated powders (0, 10, 40, 80 and 160 minutes) were formed by isostatic pressure 300 MPa to cylindrical green bodies (φ 12 mm). First set of samples was sintered at 1300°C for 30 min in air (heating rate 10 °C/min, cooling rate 5 oC/min). These samples were re-sintered at 1200 oC for 20 h in air (heating rate 20 °C/min, cooling rate 10 oC/min). Samples reached almost 90 % TD. The second set of samples was sintered at 1400 °C for 30 in air (heating rate 10 oC/min, cooling rate 5 °C/min). Relative densities increased up to 93 % TD. The samples of absence of open porosity (MTO-10, 40, 80 and 160) were post-sintered by pressure assisted technique Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) at 1200 °C for 2 h in argon atmosphere with pressure 200 MPa. The samples increased densities up to 96 % TD for sample MT-160. Electrical measurements were performed in the microwave field of frequency