Reaction sintering process variables

Depending on the processing conditions such as particle size, temperature, heating rate, and applied pressure, reaction and densification can occur in sequence or concurrently or in some combination of the two. Qualitatively, it is convenient to consider the reaction and the densification as two separate processes and to develop principles that allow predictions of the influence of key process variables which are useful for the design of reaction sintering processes (89,90). 

Cannon, W.R., Danforth, S.C., Flint, J.H., Haggerty, J.S., and Marra, R.A., Sinterable Ceramic Powders from Laser-Driven Reactions II, Powder Characterization and Process Variables. J. Amer. Cereun. Soc. 65 [7] 3%-335 (1982). 

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