Effect of pulsed DC current on neck growth between tungsten wires and tungsten plates during the initial stage of sintering by the spark plasma sintering method

The spark plasma sintering of tungsten wires to tungsten plates was investigated to assess the effect of the current. Neck growth between wires and plates was about 1.5 larger in the presence of current than when the current was absent. The neck growth was controlled by an evaporation–condensation m...

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Published in:Journal of materials science 2012-03, Vol.47 (5), p.2201-2205
Main Authors: Toyofuku, Naoki, Kuramoto, Takuya, Imai, Takahito, Ohyanagi, Manshi, Munir, Zuhair A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Classical Mechanics
Crystallography and Scattering Methods
Evaporation
Materials Science
Methods
Necks
Oxides
Plasma sintering
Plates
Polymer Sciences
Sintering
Solid Mechanics
Spark plasma sintering
Tungsten
Wire
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Summary:The spark plasma sintering of tungsten wires to tungsten plates was investigated to assess the effect of the current. Neck growth between wires and plates was about 1.5 larger in the presence of current than when the current was absent. The neck growth was controlled by an evaporation–condensation mechanism. The mechanism, however, does not relate to the sintering of tungsten, but to the control of a surface oxide reduction, in agreement with previous investigations.
ISSN:0022-2461
1573-4803
DOI:10.1007/s10853-011-6026-2