Course Description

MS643: Sintering Process and Theory

This course covers not only the problems of sintering process and theory but their related topics. The main contents are: (1) driving force for sintering, (2) polycrystalline microstructures, (3) theories of grain growth and densification, (4) effect of sintering variables on microstrucutre development, (5) sintering of muticomponent systems, (6) non-conventional processes, and (7) case studies.