Master Sintering Surface: A practical approach to its construction and utilization for Spark Plasma Sintering prediction

The sintering is a complex thermally activated process, thus any prediction of sintering behaviour is very welcome not only for industrial purposes. Presented paper shows the possibility of densification prediction based on concept of Master Sintering Surface (MSS) for pressure assisted Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS). User friendly software for evaluation of the MSS is presented. The concept was used for densification prediction of alumina ceramics sintered by SPS.