Flash sintering of ceramics

M Biesuz, VM Sglavo - Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2019 - Elsevier
Flash sintering is a novel densification technology for ceramics, which allows a dramatic
reduction of processing time and temperature. It represents a promising sintering route to …

Review of flash sintering: materials, mechanisms and modelling

M Yu, S Grasso, R Mckinnon… - … in Applied Ceramics, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Flash sintering (FS) is an energy efficient sintering technique involving electrical Joule
heating, which allows very rapid densification (< 60 s) of particulate materials. Since the first …

Current understanding and future research directions at the onset of the next century of sintering science and technology

RK Bordia, SJL Kang… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Sintering and accompanying microstructural evolution is inarguably the most important step
in the processing of ceramics and hard metals. In this process, an ensemble of particles is …

Electrical characteristics of flash sintering: thermal runaway of Joule heating

RI Todd, E Zapata-Solvas, RS Bonilla… - Journal of the European …, 2015 - Elsevier
Flash sintering occurs when an electric field is applied to a heated ceramic powder compact.
At a critical combination of field and temperature, a power surge occurs (the “flash event”) …

Thermal runaway, flash sintering and asymmetrical microstructural development of ZnO and ZnO–Bi2O3 under direct currents

Y Zhang, JI Jung, J Luo - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
DC flash sintering of both pure and 0.5 mol.% Bi 2 O 3-doped ZnO at a relatively high
activating field of 300 V/cm has been investigated. It is demonstrated that even high-purity …

An overview of ceramic molds for investment casting of nickel superalloys

JE Kanyo, S Schafföner, RS Uwanyuze… - Journal of the European …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accelerating advancements in technological systems have demonstrated a need for alloys
with drastically improved thermomechanical and chemical properties, called superalloys …

Flash sintering of ceramic materials

CEJ Dancer - Materials Research Express, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
During flash sintering, ceramic materials can sinter to high density in a matter of seconds
while subjected to electric field and elevated temperature. This process, which occurs at …

Analysis of the power density at the onset of flash sintering

R Raj - Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The large bank of data for ceramics from experiments in flash sintering reveal a surprising
characteristic: that the transition to a highly nonlinear rise in electrical conductivity—a …

Flash sintering as a nucleation phenomenon and a model thereof

KS Naik, VM Sglavo, R Raj - Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2014 - Elsevier
Isothermal field-assisted sintering of two-phase, 50 vol% 3YSZ-alumina composites exhibit
an incubation time for the onset of the flash event. Weaker applied fields and lower …

Grain growth during spark plasma and flash sintering of ceramic nanoparticles: a review

R Chaim, G Chevallier, A Weibel… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - Springer
Spark plasma and flash sintering process characteristics together with their corresponding
sintering and densification mechanisms and field effects were briefly reviewed. The …