A first report on sintering diagrams

Abstract

Six or more distinguishable mechanisms contribute to the sintering of an aggregate of particles-even in the absence of applied stresses. Diagrams can be constructed which identify, at a given temperature, particle size and neck size, the dominant mechanism and show the rate of sintering that all the mechanisms, acting together, produce. This paper describes the construction of two forms of these diagrams, and illustrates their use in interpreting sintering experiments and in solving practical sintering problems for metals and ceramics. © 1974.