Microwave-assisted Sintering of Amorphous Powders

Comparison between microwave and microwave plasma sintering of nickel powders

There is considerable interest in processing technologies which can lead to more energy efficient sintering of metal powders. The use of microwave sintering in particular leads to reduced energy usage during sintering as the volumetric heating process is considerably more efficient compared with resistance heating. In this study the use of a novel plasma microwave processing technology for the ...

Microwave Assisted Reactive Sintering of Zirconium Oxynitrides

Sintering of Zircon Powders

The Microwave-Assisted Green Synthesis of TiC Powders

Titanium carbide (TiC) is an important engineering material and has found widespread applications. Currently, TiC is typically synthesized through carbothermal reduction, requiring a high temperature (ca. 1700-2300 °C) and long reaction time (ca. 10-20 h), which is not eco-friendly. During a conventional reaction path, anatase TiO₂ (A-TiO₂) was first converted to rutile TiO₂ (R-TiO₂), which was...

Microwave-Assisted Sintering of Al–ZrO2 Nano-Composites

Abstract In this project, nano-ZrO2 particles were dispersed in aluminum powder by a Y-shape mixer. The particle size of ZrO2 powder was < 40 nm and the amount of ZrO2 reinforcement varies from 3 to 15%.The mixed powders were compacted .Subsequently the compacted discs were sintered both in the microwave oven and in the conventional muffle furnace .Using microwave –assisted sintering method led...