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We report on the results of the analysis of the effect of flash sintering, which is observed upon heating compacted powder materials by high-intensity microwave radiation. Ceramic samples of Y2O3, MgAl2O4, and Yb: (LaO)2O3 were sintered to a density exceeding 98–99% of the theoretical value during 0.5–5 min without isothermal hold. The specific microwave power absorbed volumetrically in the samples was 20–400 W/cm3. Based on the analysis of the experimental data (microwave radiation power and heating and cooling rates) and of the microstructure of the obtained materials, we propose a mechanism of flash sintering based on the evolution of the thermal instability and softening (melting) of the grain boundaries. The proposed mechanism also explains the flash sintering effect observed when a dc or a low-frequency ac voltage is applied to the samples. The microwave heating makes it possible to implement flash sintering without using electrodes for supplying energy to the articles being sintered.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.V. Bykov, S.V. Egorov, A.G. Eremeev, I.V. Plotnikov, K.I. Rybakov, A.A. Sorokin, V.V. Kholoptsev, 2018, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2018, Vol. 88, No. 3, pp. 402–408.
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Bykov, Y.V., Egorov, S.V., Eremeev, A.G. et al. Flash Sintering of Oxide Ceramics under Microwave Heating. Tech. Phys. 63, 391–397 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784218030052
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