Study on plasma of micro-forming fields activated sintering technology

Gang Yang, Yi Yang, Yi Qin, Deqiang Yin, Mingxia Wu, Kunlan Huang

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Abstract

In order to study whether plasmas exist between powder particles during the densification of low-temperature and fast-forming of micro-forming fields activated sintering technology (Micro-FAST), pure copper powders were chosen purposely in this paper and the micrographs of particle surfaces were examined by high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM). It is found that the oxide layers exist between the surfaces of copper powders before and after the sintering. Moreover, the stacking sequences of atoms at interfacial district (i.e. the joint section of two particles) are obviously different from those within the particles. It is concluded that there is no evidence of existence of plasmas among powder particles during the densification process of Micro-FAST, and the sintering densification mechanism of Micro-FAST is evidently different from that of spark plasma sintering.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 4M/ICOMM2015 Conference
EditorsMassimiliano Annoni, Irene Fassi, Gloria J. Wiens, Stefan Dimov
Place of PublicationSingapore
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2015

Keywords

  • Micro-forming Fields Activated Sintering Technology (Micro-FAST)
  • plasma
  • oxide layer

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