Evaluation of dynamic viscosity and rheological properties of ceramic materials during liquid phase sintering by numerical‐experimental procedure

Abstract

The effective shear and bulk viscosity, as well as dynamic viscosity, describe the rheological properties of the ceramic body during the liquid phase sintering process. The rheological parameters depend on the physical and thermo‐mechanical characteristics of the material such as relative density, temperature, grain size, diffusion coefficient, and activation energy. In this paper, the numerical‐experimental method has been developed to study both viscous and rheological behavior of hard porcelain ceramic body during liquid phase sintering. The other aim is to acquire a complete understanding of the response of an incompressible viscose material during sintering such as stress‐strain relations, sintering, and hydrostatic stress. Densification results confirmed that the bulk viscosity was well‐defined with relative density. The stress analysis proved that the sintering stress is more than the hydrostatic stress during the entire sintering time so, the sintering process occurs completely. Deflection results showed that the shear viscosity was a fair estimation of real ones. Dilatometry, SEM, XRD investigations as well as bulk viscosity simulation results confirmed that the “mullitisation plateau” was presented as a very little extraordinary expansion at the final sintering stage.

Microstructure Evolution and Lifetime Extension Mechanism of Sn-Added Fe-Based Pre-Alloy Brazing Coating in Diamond Tools

“…With the increase of the low melting point element Sn, the liquid phase is increased. As reported in [24], the existence of the liquid phase is beneficial to the increase of the sintering density. Thus, the powder is compressed and the sintering density is increased owing to the increase of the viscous flow of the liquid phase and the capillary force formed by the liquid phase in the pores.…”