Viscous flow flash sintering of porous silica glass

For the first-time compacts of porous glass particles (95 wt% SiO2, 2.3% Na2O, 1.6% Al2O3) exhibiting macro-, meso- and micro-pores were densified by flash sintering, using DC electric field in the range 1000–3000 V cm− 1. The results point out the applicability of this sintering technology to glass...

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Autores: Prado, Miguel Oscar, Biesuz, Mattia, Frasnelli, Matteo, Benedetto, Franco Emmanuel, Sglavo, Vincenzo M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/68718
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/68718
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Consolidation
Electric Field Induced Softening
Flash Sintering
Powder
Silicate Glass
Sintering
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Sumario:For the first-time compacts of porous glass particles (95 wt% SiO2, 2.3% Na2O, 1.6% Al2O3) exhibiting macro-, meso- and micro-pores were densified by flash sintering, using DC electric field in the range 1000–3000 V cm− 1. The results point out the applicability of this sintering technology to glasses characterized by viscous flow sintering mechanisms. Excluding the anodic region, the specimens resulted well densified using a current limit of 2 mA mm− 2 and a dwelling time of 30 s. The obtained microstructure at the anode and at the cathode side is asymmetric, the former being characterized by the formation of Na-enriched region, the latter by the local formation of large pores (hundreds of microns). The mechanism, which triggers the flash event, appears to be associated to dielectric breakdown.