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This review deals with the potential of combining self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) and spark plasma sintering (SPS) for obtaining single-phase ceramic materials and ceramic and metal matrix composites. The materials discussed in this review contain compounds produced by the SHS process: carbides, borides, and silicides of metals and intermetallics. Factors in the structure formation of materials obtained by sintering of SHS products and the influence of SPS conditions on the characteristics of the materials (relative density and grain size) are analyzed. Advantages of combining the SHS and SPS techniques, including the possibility of additional processing of SHS products (grinding and adding components) to modify the composition and properties of materials are discussed.
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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, 2021, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 3-17.https://doi.org/10.15372/FGV20210401.
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Vidyuk, T.M., Korchagin, M.A., Dudina, D.V. et al. Synthesis of Ceramic and Composite Materials Using a Combination of Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis and Spark Plasma Sintering (Review). Combust Explos Shock Waves 57, 385–397 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508221040018
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