Sintering Behavior of Ba2CaWO6-Doped-Tungsten

Abstract

AbstractThe sintering behavior of Ba2CaWO6 co-sintered with W powder was investigated. Measurements of density and mass loss of sintered compacts showed that the Ba2CaWO6-doped-W had a lower density than undoped W and that there was little volatilization of Ba2CaWO6 at temperatures below 1750 °C. The activation energies for densification of Ba2CaWO6-doped-W and undoped W were both measured to be 389 kJ/mol, which indicates the same densification mechanism, grain boundary diffusion, operated for both materials. The reduced densification kinetics of the Ba2CaWO6-doped-W was probably due to increased coarsening in the early stages of sintering.