Temperature field distribution in Spark Plasma Sintering of BN

Abstract

This paper studies the temperature distribution of BN, an insulating material, sintered in the Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) system. The temperature distributions of BN at different heating rates were measured, which showed that seeking for an over high heating rate in SPS is not as desirable as controlling of a suitable heating rate in order to have a fast sintering with a uniform temperature distribution.

Keywords

Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) / temperature distribution / BN / heating rate

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