Flash spark plasma sintering (FSPS) of pure ZrB2
- Submitting institution
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Queen Mary University of London
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 690
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1111/jace.13109
- Title of journal
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society
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- First page
- 2405
- Volume
- 97
- Issue
- 8
- ISSN
- 1551-2916
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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6
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Flash sintering of ceramics can reduce the carbon footprint of the ceramics industry. Previously, only small samples with irregular shape could be produced. We have demonstrated a new processing route, Flash-Spark Plasma Sintering (F-SPS), that enables large, dense ceramics to be densified in just tens of seconds and uses less than 20% of the energy normally required. Besides the reduction in time, energy costs and the possibility of automation, the processing is producing materials with new and unique properties. Key outcome of the EPSRC programme grant (EP/K008749/2).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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