"Sintering Techniques of Materials" ed. by Arunachalam Lakshmanan

The book covers new sintering techniques on ceramic materials, metals and composites as well as reprocessed PTFE.

The book covers theoretical as well as experimental aspects on Spark Plasma Sintered (SPS) Porous copper, development of cutting blades with high hardness and resistance to cracking and wear, increased microhardness of austenitic steel TiB2 composites obtained with high pressure - high temperature sintering, Al2O3 porous body with cotton as the template and excellent thermal insulation with direct application for refractories as well as Metal matrix composites added nanostructured tantalum carbide and an overview of different sintering techniques used in powder metallurgy. Finally recycling of PTFE scrap materials using ram extrusion and compression molding is described.

Contents
Preface
1 Pulsed Electric Current Sintering of Transparent Alumina Ceramics
2 Spark Plasma Sintering of Negative Temperature Coefficient Thermistor Ceramics
3 Al2O3 and Al2O3-ZrO2 Fibers Obtained by Biotemplete with Low Thermal Conductivity
4 The New Generation of Diamond Wheels with Vitrified (Ceramic) Bonds
5 An Overview of Densification, Microstructure and Mechanical Property of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V — Comparison among Selective Laser Melting, Electron Beam Melting, Laser Metal Deposition and Selective Laser Sintering, and with Conventional Powder
6 Metal Matrix Composites Added of Nanostructured Tantalum Carbide
7 Consolidation of AISI316L Austenitic Steel — TiB2 Composites by SPS and HP-HT Technology
8 Correlation between Thermal and Electrical Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered (SPS) Porous Copper
9 Recycling of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Scrap Materials