Temperature sintering and

Alternative processing methods also offer the potential to control the microstructure and final properties of nanocomposites. Both self-propagating high-temperature sintering and spark plasma sintering offer means to obtain metastable yet dense nanocomposites. Subsequent heat treatments can then be used to approach equilibrium microstructures, where the properties will be a function of the heat treatment temperature and time. In this way a variety of microstructures, and thus variations of the composite properties, can become available. 

Bouquin, O., Perthuis, H., and Colomban, R, Low temperature sintering and optimal physical properties a challenge the NASICON ceramics case. J. Mater. Sci. Lett., 4, 956, 1985. 

These findings support the idea that the observed growth Ls in a transitory regime between the initia high temperature sintering and the more stable reaction induced sintering at low temperature. 

K. W. Kang, H. T. Kim, M. Lanagan, T. Shrout, Low-temperature sintering and microwave dielectric properties of CaTii-x(Feo.5Nbo.5)x03 ceramics with B2O3 addition. Mater. Res. Bull. 41 (2006) 1385-1391. 

Most membranes fabrication routes generally involve the following steps powder preparation, shape forming, calcination and high-temperature sintering and sometimes a back-end membrane processing step (such as surface modification). 

Emulsion spinning n. Process by which a polymer matrix suspension of very fine particles is subjected to a high temperature sintering and drawing process, during which the matrix polymer is burnt off and the dispersed particles are coalesced. 

FG nanoceramics from nanosized powders the very small dimensions are prerequisite to the production of ceramics with reduced flaw content. Sometimes, it is also necessary to density these powders by means of additives applied at elevated temperatures. However, low-temperature sintering and densification methods have been recently developed. Thus, there should not be any problems in obtaining nanoscale ceramics to facilitate the forming of materials into desired shapes. Forging, for example, might become cost-saving, because of the great plasticity of nanoceramics. 

K Watari, et al. Low-temperature sintering and high thermal conductivity of Yh02-doped AIN ceramics. J Am Ceram Soc 79 1979 (1996). 

Lee Y.-C., Lee W.-H. and Shieu F.-S. Low temperature sintering and microwave dielectric properties of B Ti902o ceramics with 3Zn0-B203 addition, Jpn. J. Appl Phys., (2002), 419, 6049-6053. 

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