Abstract
The interface atomic structure was proposed to have a critical effect on microstructure evolution during sintering of ceramic materials. In liquid‐phase sintering, spherical grains show normal grain growth behavior without exception, while angular grains often grow abnormally. The coarsening process of spherical grains with a disordered or rough interface atomic structure is diffusion‐controlled, because there is little energy barrier for atomic attachments. On the other hand, kink‐generating sources such as screw dislocations or two‐dimensional (2‐D) nuclei are required for angular grains having an ordered or singular interface structure. Coarsening of angular grains based on a 2‐D nucleation mechanism could explain the abnormal grain growth behavior. It was also proposed that a densification process is closely related to the interface atomic structure. Enhanced densification by carefully chosen additives during solid state sintering was explained in terms of the grain‐boundary structural transition from an ordered to a disordered open structure.
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