Instrumentation for Studying Field-assisted Sintering Mechanisms Under Synergetic Effects
Abstract
The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) funding will enable the acquisition and construction of an instrument containing a high-temperature vacuum sintering furnace with mechanical pressing capability, as well as an electric field generation system. The instrument will provide a unique method to perform research on sintering and grain growth of materials. The results generated by the proposed system will improve the general understanding of the thermodynamic and kinetic conditions that control grain growth and microstructural evolution under the simultaneous action of external pressure, temperature and electric field. The proposed research has the potential to fundamentally and technologically address an existing challenge in achieving high-quality transparent ceramics with pore-free microstructures and nanometer-scale grains.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 10, 2018
- Source ID
- N000141812305
Entities
People
- Yiquan Wu
Organizations
- Alfred University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy