Sintering of Advanced Materials (Woodhead Publishing Series in Metals and Surface Engineering) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845695623 ISBN 13: 9781845695620

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Sintering is a method for manufacturing components from ceramic or metal powders by heating the powder until the particles adhere to form the component required. The resulting products are characterised by an enhanced density and strength, and are used in a wide range of industries. Sintering of advanced materials: fundamentals and processes reviews important developments in this technology and its applications

Part one discusses the fundamentals of sintering with chapters on topics such as the thermodynamics of sintering, kinetics and mechanisms of densification, the kinetics of microstructural change and liquid phase sintering. Part two reviews advanced sintering processes including atmospheric sintering, vacuum sintering, microwave sintering, field/current assisted sintering and photonic sintering. Finally, Part three covers sintering of aluminium, titanium and their alloys, refractory metals, ultrahard materials, thin films, ultrafine and nanosized particles for advanced materials.

With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Sintering of advanced materials: fundamentals and processes reviews the latest advances in sintering and is a standard reference for researchers and engineers involved in the processing of ceramics, powder metallurgy, net-shape manufacturing and those using advanced materials in such sectors as electronics, automotive and aerospace engineering.

• Explores the thermodynamics of sintering including sinter bonding and densification
• Chapters review a variety of sintering methods including atmosphere, vacuum, liquid phase and microwave sintering
• Discusses sintering of a variety of materials featuring refractory metals, super hard materials and functionally graded materials

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About the Author

Dr Zhigang Zak Fang is a Professor in the Powder Metallurgy Research Laboratory of the Faculty of Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Utah, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1845695623
• ISBN 13: 9781845695620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 500
• Editor: Fang Zhigang Zak