Acknowledgements xiii

APPLICATION OF SINTERING IN EMERGING ENERGY APPLICATIONS: FUEL CELLS, SOLAR CELLS, HYDROGEN STORAGE

Sintering Behavior of Ce0 9Gd0 -,0-, 95.8 in Reducing Atmosphere 3
A. Kaiser, J. W. Phair, S. Foghmoes, S. Ramousse, Z. He

Hydrogen Sorption Properties of Ti-Oxide/Chloride Catalyzed Na2LiAIH6 13
Enrique Martinez-Franco, Thomas Klassen, Martin Dornheim, Ruediger Bormann, and David Jaramillo-Vigueras

High Density Green Pellets of ZrN Fabricated by Particle Processing 21
Thomas T. Meek, K. Gwathney, Chaitanya K. Narula, and L.R. Walker

EVOLUTION AND CONTROL OF MICROSTRUCTURE DURING SINTERING PROCESSES

The Effect of Carbon Source on the Microstructure and the Mechanical Properties of Reaction Bonded Boron Carbide 29
S. Hayun, H. Dilman, M. P. Dariel, N. Frage, and S. Dub

Modification of Mass Transport during Sintering Induced by Thermal Gradient 41
Sébastien Saunier and Frangois Valdivieso

FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF SINTERING

Effects of Crystallization and Vitrification on Sintering Properties of Bentonite Clay 53
H. Camacho, CA. Martínez, P.E. García, HJ. Ochoa, J.T. Elizalde, A. García, A. Aguilar, M. Bocanegra, and C. Domínguez

Dissolution of Alumina in Silicate Glasses and the Glass Formation Boundary 61
Keith J. DeCarlo, Thomas F. Lam, and William M. Carty

The Effect of Volume Fraction on Grain Growth during Liquid Phase Sintering of Tungsten Heavy Alloys 71
John L. Johnson, Louis G. Campbell, Seong Jin Park, and Randall M. German

IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS IN SINTERING

In-Situ Investigation of the Cooperative Material Transport during the Early Stage of Sintering by Synchrotron X-Ray Computed Tomography 85
R. Grupp, M. Nöthe, B. Kieback, and J. Banhart

Geopolymers Sintering by Optical Dilatometry 91
Elie Kamseu, Cristina Leonelli, and Dan S. Perera

MODELING OF SINTERING AT MULTIPLE SCALES

Meso-Scale Monte Carlo Sintering Simulation with Anisotropie Grain Growth 103
Gordon Brown, Richard Levine, Veena Tikare, and Eugene Olevsky

Numerical Simulation of Densification and Shape Distortion of Porous Bodies in a Granular-Transmitting Medium 113
Junkun Ma and Eugene A. Olevsky

The Effect of a Substrate on the Microstructure of Particulate Films 125
C.L. Martin and R. K. Bordia

Modelling Constrained Sintering and Cracking 135
Ruoyu Huang and Jingzhe Pan

Atomistic Scale Study on Effect of Crystalline Misalignment on Densification during Sintering Nano Scale Tungsten Powder 149
Amitava Moitra, Sungho Kim, Seong-Gon Kim, Seong Jin Park, Randall German,and Mark F. Horstemeyer

Variations in Sintering Stress and Viscosity with Mixing Ratio of Metal/Ceramic Powders 161
Kazunari Shinagawa

NOVEL SINTERING PROCESSES: FIELD-ASSISTED SINTERING TECHNIQUES

Finite Element Modelling of Microwave Sintering 173
D. Bouvard, S. Charmond, and C.P. Carry

Direct and Hybrid Microwave Sintering of Yttria-Doped Zirconia in a Single-Mode Cavity 181
S. Charmond, C. P. Carry, and D. Bouvard

The Influence of Minor Additives on Densification and Microstructure of Submicrometer Alumina Ceramics Prepared by SPS and HIP 193
Jaroslav Sedlácek, Monika Michálková, Deniz Karaman, Dusan Galusek, and Michael Hoffmann

The Electro-Discharge Compaction of Powder Tungsten Carbide-Cobalt-Diamond Composite Material 205
Evgeny G. Grigoryev and Alexander V. Rosliakov

Microwave Sintering Explored by X-Ray Microtomography 211
Kotaro Ishizakl, Manjusha Battabyal, Yoko Yamada Pittini, Radu Nicula, and Sebastien Vaucher

Pulse Plasma Sintering and Applications 219
Andrzej Michalski and Marcin Rosinski

Influence of Electric Fields during the Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST) 227
Michaela Müller and Rolf Ciasen

Sintering of Combustion Synthesized TiB2-Zr02 Composite Powders in Conventional and Microwave Furnaces 237
Hayk Khachatryan, Alok Vats, Zachary Doorenbos, Suren Kharatyan, and Jan A. Puszynski

Production and Characterization of WC-Co Cemented Carbides by Field Assisted Sintering 249
Rafet Emre Özüdogru, Filiz Cinar Sahin, and Onuralp Yucel

Microwave Rapid Debinding and Sintering of MIM/CIM Parts 259
P. Veronesi, C.Leonelli, G. Poli, L. Denti, and A. Gatto

SINTERING OF BIOMATERIALS

Analysis of Sintering of Titanium Porous Material Processed by the Space Holder Method 273
L. Reig, V. Amigó, D. Busquéis, M.D. Salvador and J.A. Calero

Effect of Sintering Temperature and Time on Microstructure and Properties of Zirconla Toughened Alumina (ZTA) 283
M. M. Hasan and F. Islam

Sintering Zirconia for Dental CAD/CAM Technology 291
Kuljira Sujirote, Sukunthakan Ngernbamrung, Kannigar Dateraksa, Tossapol Chunkiri, Marut Wongcumchang, and Kriskrai Sitthiseripratip

SINTERING OF MULTI-MATERIAL AND MULTI-LAYERED SYSTEMS

Co-Sintering Behaviors of Oxide Based Bl-Materials 307
Claude Carry, Emre Yalamag, and Sedat Akkurt

Coupling between Sintering and Liquid Migration to Process Tungsten-Copper Functionally Graded Materials 321
J.-J. Raharijaona, J.-M. Missiaen, and R. Mitteau

Laser Sintering of Nanosized Alumina Powder for Scratch Resistant Transparent Coatings 333
Christoph Rivinius and Rolf Ciasen

Optimization of Density, Microstructure and Interface Region in a Co-Sintered (Steel/Cemented Carbide) Bi-Layered Material 343
A. Thomazlc, C. Pascal, J.M. Chaix

SINTERING OF NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS

MoSi2 Formation Mechanisms during a Spark Plasma Synthesis from Mechanically Activated Powder Mixture 357
F. Bernard, G. Cabouro, S. Le Gallet, S. Chevalier, E. Gaffet, and Yu Grin

Spark Plasma Sintering of Nanocrystalline WC-12Co Cermets 367
Victoria Bonache, Maria Dolores Salvador, Vicente Amigo, David Busquéis, and Alicia Castro

Si3N4/SiC Materials Based on Preceramic Polymers and Ceramic 379
Powder 379
U. Degenhardt, G. Motz, W. Krenkel, F. Stegner, K. Berroth, W. Harrer, and R. Danzer

Grain Growth during Sintering of Nanosized Particles 389
Z. Zak Fang, Hongtao Wang, Xu Wang, and Vineet Kumar

Atomic Investigation of Thermal Stability of Nanosized Ceria Particles on Metal Oxide Surfaces 401
W. Jiang, M. Wong, A.R. Rammohan, Y. Jiang, and J.L. Williams

Two-Step Sintering of Molybdenum Nanopowder 415
Min Suh Park, Tae Sun Jo, Se Hoon Kim, Dae-Gun Kim, and Young Do Kim

Standard and Two-Stage Sintering of a Submicrometer Alumina Powder: The Influence on the Sintering Trajectory 421
M. Michálková, K. Ghillányová, and D. Galusek

SAXS Investigation of the Sintered Niobium Powder: Method of Stabilizing Porosity and Fractal Properties 429
Leonid Skatkov

Author Index 437