SINTERING:
Sintering is the process in which a compact solid mass is created by using heat or pressure. In this process material is heated below its melting point. It is a natural phenomenon which can be observed when ice cubes in a glass of water stick together or snow compacts to form glaciers.[1][2]
Sintering has great many applications particularly in the field of engineering in manufacturing of ceramics, plastics and metals.
MECHANISM OF SINTERING:
Sintering occurs due to diffusion of atoms driven by a chemical, thermal or pressure gradient in a microstructure. Atoms from an area of higher potential shifts towards a area of lower potential. There are six possible routes that atoms may take during this diffusion process:
1. Surface diffusion in which atoms may diffuse along the surface.
2. Vapor
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Grain boundary atoms can diffuse into lattice.
5. Atoms can move through grain boundary diffusion.
6. Plastic diffusion may also cause atoms to move.
The first three mechanisms do not affect the density of material rather in them atoms are rearranged but in other three mechanisms the density is increased.
GRAIN GROWTH AND DENSIFICATION IN SINTERING:
Densification is a process in which a material’s density is increased by removing porosity. Grain growth means the increase in average size of grains by Ostwald ripening and motion grain boundaries. Many mechanical properties of materials are dependent on these two properties. A high density and small grain size results in better mechanical strength and good electrical conductivity. In practice, sintering is a process in which these two properties are controlled. Since a high density requires a greater amount of heat, grain growth is almost inevitable.
To reduce grain growth the densification needs to occur rapidly. For this to happen following three conditions are necessary:
I. Size of liquid phase should be greater.
II. The solid should be mostly soluble in liquid.
III. The liquid phase must completely wet the
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3. By increasing the pressure (only really significant in reactions involving gases). 4. By the use of a suitable catalyst. 5.
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