Outside Mainstream Electronic Databases: Review of Studies Conducted in the USSR and Post-Soviet Countries on Electric Current-Assisted Consolidation of Powder Materials

Materials

Eugene A. Olevsky¹  Elena V. Aleksandrova¹  Alexandra M. Ilyina¹  Dina V. Dudina¹  Alexander N. Novoselov¹  Kirill Y. Pelve¹ 

[1] Key Laboratory for Electromagnetic Field Assisted Processing of Novel Materials, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Kashirskoe Sh. 31, Moscow 115409, Russia; E-Mails:

关键词: spark plasma sintering;    electric discharge sintering;    consolidation;    powder materials;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ma6104375

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This paper reviews research articles published in the former USSR and post-soviet countries on the consolidation of powder materials using electric current that passes through the powder sample and/or a conductive die-punch set-up. Having been published in Russian, many of the reviewed papers are not included in the mainstream electronic databases of the scientific articles and thus are not known to the scientific community. The present review is aimed at filling this information gap. In the paper, the electric current-assisted sintering techniques based on high- and low-voltage approaches are presented. The main results of the theoretical modeling of the processes of electromagnetic field-assisted consolidation of powder materials are discussed. Sintering experiments and related equipment are described and the major experimental results are analyzed. Sintering conditions required to achieve the desired properties of the sintered materials are provided for selected material systems. Tooling materials used in the electric current-assisted consolidation set-ups are also described.

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