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Pressure sintering and creep deformation: a joint modeling approach. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6540513

Goal was to understand the mechanisms and microstructure affecting hot-pressing and creep processes. CoO was hot-pressed to different porosity levels and densification maps drawn. Creep experiments were carried out on pure CoO. Dislocation structure of deformed CoO was studied. Grain growth rates in CoO changes from a square dependence with time to a cubic dependence as porosity drops below 2 to 3%. Pores tend to remain on grain boundaries during both final and intermediate-stage densification. A wide variety of ceramics were examined for segregation of impurities: NiO-MgO, NiO-Cr/sub 2/O/sub 3/, NiO-TiO/sub 2/, Ni-Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/. Precipitation processes are being studied in NiO-Cr/sub 2/O/sub 3/ and in magnesium aluminate spinel.

Research Organization:
Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76ER12408
OSTI ID:
6540513
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/12408-8; ON: DE83006516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English