Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 A Brief Historical Overview; 1.2 Thermal and Nonthermal Effects in Field-Assisted Sintering; 1.2.1 Thermal Effects in Field-Assisted Sintering; 1.2.2 Nonthermal Effects in Field-Assisted Sintering; References; Chapter 2: Resistance Sintering; 2.1 Principle and Physical Mechanisms of Resistance Sintering; 2.2 Resistance Sintering Equipment; 2.3 Properties of Specimens Processed by Resistance Sintering; 2.4 Summary; References; Chapter 3: Sintering by High-Voltage Electric Pulses.
3.1 Principle and Physical Mechanisms of High-Voltage Consolidation3.2 Stages of High-Voltage Consolidation; 3.3 Processes at Inter-particle Contacts During High-Voltage Consolidation; 3.4 High-Voltage Electric Discharge Consolidation (HVEDC) Apparatus; 3.5 High-Energy High-Rate (HEHR) Consolidation Setup; 3.6 Capacitor Discharge Sintering (CDS) Setup; 3.7 Pulse Plasma Sintering (PPS) Setup; 3.8 Briquetting by Electric Pulse Sintering; 3.9 Pulsed Current-Assisted Shock Consolidation; 3.10 Densification Kinetics Imposed by HVEDC.
3.11 Selected Examples of Materials Processed by High-Voltage Electric Pulse Consolidation3.12 Summary; References; Chapter 4: Sintering by Low-Voltage Electric Pulses (Including Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS)); 4.1 Principle and Physical Mechanisms of Low-Voltage Electric Pulse Sintering; 4.2 Low-Voltage Electric Pulse Sintering Equipment; 4.3 Macroscopic Temperature Gradients in SPS; 4.4 Temperature Measurements and Heat Dissipation in SPS/FAST Facilities; 4.5 Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) Control of Temperature During SPS and Regulation Quality Improvement.
4.6 ``Plasma ́́Issue in SPS4.7 Processes at the Inter-particle Contacts in SPS; 4.8 The Effect of High Heating Rates: Experimental Studies; 4.9 Modeling of the SPS Processes; 4.9.1 Macroscopic Level of Analysis; 4.9.2 Microscopic Level of Analysis: Grain-Boundary Diffusion Driven by Externally Applied Load and Surface Tension; 4.9.3 Microscopic Level of Analysis: Power-Law Creep Driven by Externally Applied Load and Surface Tension; 4.9.4 Theoretical Analysis of the Effect of High Heating Rates in the SPS; 4.9.5 Influence of Thermal Diffusion; 4.9.6 Contribution of Electromigration.
4.9.7 Constitutive Equation of SPS Taking into Account the Enhanced Dislocation Motion by Local Resistive Heating4.10 Selected Examples of Processes and Materials Developed Using SPS; 4.10.1 Processing and Testing Methods Developed Using SPS Equipment; 4.10.2 Joining of Materials by SPS; 4.10.3 Surface Engineering by SPS; 4.10.4 Dense Materials with Improved Properties Obtained by SPS; 4.10.5 Porous Materials by SPS; 4.11 Summary; References; Chapter 5: Flash Sintering; 5.1 Principle of Flash Sintering; 5.2 Mechanisms of Flash Sintering; 5.3 Materials Densified by Flash Sintering; 5.4 Summary.
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This book represents the first ever scientific monograph including an in-depth analysis of all major field-assisted sintering techniques. Until now, the electromagnetic field-assisted technologies of materials processing were lacking a systematic and generalized description in one fundamental publication; this work promotes the development of generalized concepts and of comparative analyses in this emerging area of materials fabrication. This book describes modern technologies for the powder processing-based fabrication of advanced materials. New approaches for the development of well-tailored and stable structures are thoroughly discussed. Since the potential of traditional thermo-mechanical methods of material treatment is limited due to inadequate control during processing, the book addresses ways to more accurately control the resultant material's structure and properties by an assisting application of electro-magnetic fields. The book describes resistance sintering, high-voltage consolidation, sintering by low-voltage electric pulses (including spark plasma sintering), flash sintering, microwave sintering, induction heating sintering, magnetic pulse compaction and other field-assisted sintering techniques. Includes an in-depth analysis of all major field-assisted sintering techniques; Explains new techniques and approaches for material treatment; Provides detailed descriptions of spark plasma sintering, microwave sintering, high-voltage consolidation, magnetic pulse compaction, and various other approaches when field-assisted treatment is applied.