%0 Journal Article
%T Master sintering curve: A practical approach to its construction
%A Pouchly V.
%A Maca K.
%J Science of Sintering
%D 2010
%I International Institute for the Science of Sintering, Beograd
%R 10.2298/sos1001025p
%X The concept of a Master Sintering Curve (MSC) is a strong tool for optimizing the sintering process. However, constructing the MSC from sintering data involves complicated and time-consuming calculations. A practical method for the construction of a MSC is presented in the paper. With the help of a few dilatometric sintering experiments the newly developed software calculates the MSC and finds the optimal activation energy of a given material. The software, which also enables sintering prediction, was verified by sintering tetragonal and cubic zirconia, and alumina of two different particle sizes.
%K alumina
%K zirconia
%K sintering
%K MSC
%K densification prediction
%U http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-820X/2010/0350-820X1001025P.pdf