• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.127-132
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• 1982

This experiment has been carried out for the purpose of investigating the effect of additives on densification and grain growth in magnesium oxide by a two-step process; hot pressing and heat treating. MgO powder has been obtained by calcining extra reagent grade MgCO3 at 90$0^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes, and additives have been added to $MgCO_3$ in the form of soluble salts-Al$(NO_3)_3$$. $9H_2O$ and $Cr(NO_3)_3$.9H_2O$. The hot pressing has been carried out with changes of soaking time at 125$0^{\circ}C$ under the pressure of 250kg/$\textrm{cm}^2$, and the heat treating also at same temperature. The initial particle size of MgO measured by particle size analyzer was 0.86 microns. Densification rate obeyed the equation D=K lnt + C, and grain growth rate obeyed the equation G-G0=kt1/2. It was vaporization of some $Cr_2O_3$ and formation of solid solution that had an influence on desification of MgO containing $Cr_2O_3$. Activation energy for grain growth of pure MgO was 62.4 kcal/mole, therefore grain growth was supposed to be diffusioncontrolled process. But after heat treatmeat, excess additives were expected to slow down the grain growth by the formation of second phase or the solute atoms at grainboundary.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.216-216
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• 2009

$(Ni_{1-x-y}Zn_xCu_y)Fe_2O_4(x=0.45,\;0{\leq}y{\leq}0.3)$ was synthesized by conventional ceramic processing, and the sintering behavior and the magnetic properties of which were studied as functions of CuO content and sintering temperature. Both the densification and the grain growth rates were significantly enhanced with the increase of CuO content, while abnormal grain growth occurred when the samples of $y{\geq}0.2$ were sintered above $950^{\circ}C$. Saturation magnetization and coercive field were mainly influenced by the densification and grain growth of the specimens, respectively.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.90-99
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• 1997

Densification behavior and grain growth of tool steel powder compacts during pressureless sintering, sinter forging, and hot isostatic pressing were investigated. Experimental data were compared with results of finite element calculations by using the constitutive model of Abouaf and co-workers and that of McMeeking and co-workers. Densification and deformation of tool steel powder compacts were studied by implementing power-law creep, diffusional creep, and grain growth into the finite element analysis. The shape change of a powder compact in the container during hot isostatic pressing was also studied. The theoretical models did not agree well with experimental data in sinter forging, however, agreed well with experimental data in hot isostatic pressing.

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2006.09a
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• pp.66-67
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• 2006

The master sintering curve (MSC) is derived from densification data over a range of heating rates and temperatures. To improve the accuracy, several modifications were proposed: multi-phase MSC for solid state sintering with phase changes, MSC for liquid phase sintering, and MSC with consideration of grain growth. The developed MSC models were applied to several material systems such as molybdenum, stainless steels, and tungsten heavy alloys (WHA), in order to evaluate the effect of compaction pressure, phase change, grain growth, and composition on densification, to classify regions having different sintering mechanism, and to help engineer design, optimize, and monitor sintering cycles.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.42 no.8 s.279
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• pp.588-592
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• 2005

The effect of SiC additive on the densification behavior and microstructural change of $TiB_2$ ceramics was investigated. The infiltration and direct mixing with polycarbosilane (PCS), which was converted to SiC by pyrolysis during sintering, were used for the addition of SiC. The addition of Fe enhanced the densification of $TiB_2$, but which resulted in exaggerated grain growth. However, the addition of PCS enhanced the densification and suppressed the exaggerated grain growth of $TiB_2$. Moreover, the addition of PCS using direct mixing was more effective for suppress of grain growth as compare to the addition of PCS using infiltration.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.404-410
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• 1993

The characterization and sintering behavior of ZnO powders prepared by precipitation method were investigated. ZnO powders were synthesized using the aqueous solutions of ZnCl2 and NH4OH as a precipitation agent, which were crystallized in the shape of plate-like. The grain growth of ZnO(0.68${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, 1.3${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ and 3.4${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$) has been studied for temepratures from 100$0^{\circ}C$ to 130$0^{\circ}C$, and the rate of densification was inversely proportional to the ZnO particle size. Densification proceeded slowly by diffusion mechanisms above at 100$0^{\circ}C$. In this work, the grain growth kinetic exponent(n) was 3. The temperature dependence of ZnO grain growth was plotted, and the activation energy of grain growth was 75~85Kcal/mol.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.347-358
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• 1994

Creep densification and grain growth of alumina powder compacts during high temperature processing were investigated. The creep densification and grain growth of alumina powder compacts during various sintering processes were analyzed by employing the consitutive model by Kwon and Kim. Theoretical results from the constitutive model were compared with various experimental data of alumina powder compacts in the literature including pressureless sintering, sinter forging and hot pressing. The proposed constitutive equations were implemented into finite element analysis program (ABAQUS) to simulate densification for more complicated geometry and loading conditions. The effects of friction between die and powder compact or punch and powder compact during sinter forging and hot pressing are investigated by using the finite element method. Also, high temperature forming processing of alumina compact with complicated shape was simulated.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.305-311
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• 1992

As compared with conventional sintering, rapid heating in microwave system could enhance sinterability and final properties of alumina with a very short sintering time. In this study microwave sintering was performed using zirconia brick as a reaction chamber which was positioned in a 2.45 GHz(700 W) multimode microwave cavity. Microwave-sintered alumina showed high density and smaller grain size than conventionally sintered alumina because the ratio of densification rate/grain growth rate was increased by rapid heating.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.62-68
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• 1993

Densification of alumina powder, grain size and fracture toughness of sintered body by hot pressing after cold compaction were investigated and compared to traditional hot pressing process (without cold cyclic compaction). To achieve a higher densification and to reduce the hot pressing time, hot pressing after cold cyclic compaction was more efficient compared to traditional hot pressing. This phenomenon resulted from the increment of packing densityby the acceleration fo rearrangement of powders under cold cyclic compaction. The grain size of sintered body was only dependent on relative density, and densification during hot pressing was governed by thelattice diffusion. Comprisons of grain size, densification mechanism and fracture toughness resulted from hot pressing after/without cold cyclic compaction showed that a low cyclic pressure may not effect on the fragmentation of alumina powders.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.81-87
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• 1999

Based on the pore filling theory, the microstructure evolution during liquid-phase sintering has been analyzed in terms of interrelationship between average grain size and relative density. For constant liquid volume fraction, the microsturucture trajectories reduced to a single curve in a grain size(x)-density(y) map, regardless of grain growth constant. The slope of curves in the map was inversely proportional to average pore size, while it increased fapidly with liquid volume fraction. Increase in pore volume fraction retarded the densification considerably, but showed marginal effect on the slope. The activation energy of densification was predicted to be the same as that of grain growth as long as the liquid volume fraction is constant for any temperature range studied. The present analyses on microstricture evolution may demonstrate the usefulness of pore filling theory and provide a guideline for process optimization of liquid-phase sintering.