The Front Cover shows LATP powder and a dense pellet obtained after sintering, which typically requires high temperatures. With only small weight fraction of Li2WO4, significant reduction in sintering temperature increase ionic conductivity can be achieved. Processing performance improvements render Li2WO4 very promising aid for the development LATP-based solid-state batteries like pouch cell a...

Pure magnesium (Mg) powders with stearic acid added as process control agent (PCA) were mechanically milled (MMed) using a vibration ball mill. The MMed consolidated into bulk materials by the spark plasma sintering (SPS). Changes in hardness, thickness and solid-state reactions of SPS have been examined hardness measurements, vernier caliper an X-ray diffraction (XRD), respectively. Vickers ma...

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of sintering condition on matrix formation and subsequent drug release from polymer matrix tablet for controlled release. The present study highlights the use of a microwave oven for the sintering process in order to achieve more uniform heat distribution with reduction in time required for sintering. We could achieve effective sinte...

A computer model for the sintering of ceramic/polymer composite materials has been established based on empirical sintering rate data. The model calculates sintering depths which result from variations in the operating parameters which include laser power, beam speed, scan spacing, scan vector length, and initial temperatures of the powder and surroundings. Sintering depths measured in multiple...

• Using LiOH, as a sintering aid, reduces the activation energy of MgAl 2 O 4 from 790 kJ.mol ?1 to 510 . Reactions between magnesium aluminate spinel and LiOH yield secondary phases that prevent grain growth. There is critical concentration ca. 0.3 wt%, above which growth promoted. The due preferential incorporation Li + Lithium hydroxide, in amounts ranging 0.1 1.2 wt% has been used aid impro...