Ebook: Materials Science Research: Volume 16 Sintering and Heterogeneous Catalysis

The Sixth International Conference on Sintering and Related Phenomena took place at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana June 6-8, 1983. This conference was also the twentieth Conference on Ceramic Sciences organized yearly by a "confederation" of four institutions: North Carolina University at Raleigh, N.C., the University of California at Berkeley, CA, Alfred University at Alfred, NY and the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN. The papers presented at the last Notre Dame conference collect­ ed in this volume, reflect the progress in our understanding of the process of sintering achieved in the past four years. It seems that the analysis of the two particle models is finally extended to the analysis of the models of compacts. In these investigations strong emphasis is put on pore-grain boundar­ ies interaction which appear to be central to this problem. It is to be hoped that in the near future an adequate model of the compact will be developed which may serve as a useful basis of powder tech­ nology. Also, the effects of atmosphere on the sintering of ceramics after a long period of neglect, seem to attract the attention of more workers in the field.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
A Cell Model for Microstructural Evolution during Sintering....Pages 1-21
Analysis of Initial Stage Sintering by Computer Simulation....Pages 23-34
Channel Network Decay in Sintering....Pages 35-47
The Applicability of Herring’s Scaling Law to the Sintering of Powders....Pages 49-61
On the Mechanism of Pore Coarsening....Pages 63-79
The Influence of Green Density upon Sintering....Pages 81-88
An Overview of Enhanced Sintering Treatments for Iron....Pages 89-102
Vapor Transport and Sintering of Ceramics....Pages 103-114
Effects of Oxygen Pressure and Water Vapor on Sintering of ZnO....Pages 115-136
Microstructure Development of Fe2O3 in HCL Vapor....Pages 137-144
Microstructure Evolution in SnO2 and CdO in Reducing Atmospheres....Pages 145-157
Reactive Sintering of Diamond-Titanium System under High Pressure....Pages 159-169
Application of X-Ray Diffraction Techniques to Study the Sintering of Catalysts....Pages 171-179
The Effect of Interactions among Metal, Support and Atmosphere on the Behaviour of Supported Metal Catalysts....Pages 181-197
Sintering and Redispersion of Conventional Supported Metal Catalysts in Hydrogen and Oxygen Atmospheres....Pages 199-221
Ultra-Rapid Sintering....Pages 223-242
Characterization and Initial Sintering of a Fine Alumina Powder....Pages 243-252
Sintering Behavior of Overcompacted Shock-Conditioned Alumina Powder....Pages 253-264
Influenence of Bi2O3 on Cadmium Oxide Sintering....Pages 265-280
Sintering of Combustion-Synthesized Titanium Carbide....Pages 281-292
Activated Sintering of Chromium and Manganese Powders with Nickel and Palladium Additions....Pages 293-301
Reactive Phase Calsintering of Dolomite....Pages 303-316
A Contribution to the Study of Consolidation of Precipitation Strengthened Materials....Pages 317-327
Back Matter....Pages 329-339
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