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dc.contributor Christopher A. Schuh.
dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
dc.creator Paras, Jonathan (Jonathan Steven)
dc.date 2018-11-15T16:35:07Z
dc.date 2018-11-15T16:35:07Z
dc.date 2018
dc.date 2018
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-04T06:27:34Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-04T06:27:34Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119066
dc.identifier 1057893900
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/3013
dc.description Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2018.
dc.description Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-36).
dc.description An atomistic approach to modeling the sintering of nanocrystalline alloys has been developed. It has been shown that there exist alloys that exhibit both nanostructured stability and undergo an accelerated sintering process [1], [2]. However, the widespread adoption of such alloys has been limited by a lack of understanding of the processing kinetics that lead to the accelerated sintering phenomena. To better understand the role of surface diffusion, and the effect that system enthalpies of mixing have on inter-particle neck formation, a 3D kinetic monte carlo (KMC) model was proposed to study these phenomena. The results of these simulations demonstrate that positive enthalpy of mixing highlighted as a necessary criterion for nanocrystalline stability in [1], also leads to the fast diffusing elements ability to form the interparticle neck. The condition of lower temperature neck formation by fast diffusing alloy elements is hypothesized to be the mechanism behind which accelerated sintering occurs. The findings in this paper demonstrate that positive enthalpy of mixing alloys can be designed to sinter at lower temperatures and shorter cycle durations if they have adequate solute present on the surface of the particle.
dc.description by Jonathan Paras.
dc.description S.B.
dc.format 36 pages
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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dc.rights http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
dc.subject Materials Science and Engineering.
dc.title Sintering of small particles
dc.type Thesis


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