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Spark Plasma Sintering of Special-Purpose Functional Ceramics Based on UO2, ZrO2, Fe3O4/α-Fe2O3

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The possibilities of creating special-purpose ceramics by the spark plasma sintering (SPS) according to the principle of the low-voltage electro-pulse consolidation of powders under the conditions of an external mechanical load is investigated. Ceramics applicable in the nuclear, medical, and electrotechnical industries are fabricated. A methodological description and special features of the presented technique are provided for the first time in terms of fabricating nuclear ceramics in the form of a pellet product of UO2; composite bioceramics with a theoretical density exceeding 97.6% (based on ZrO2 doped by hydroxyapatite) characterized with controlled (meso-, macro-) porosity and a high compression strength of ~400 MPa; and magnetic ceramics resistant to reverse magnetization based on nanostructured iron oxides (Fe3O4/α-Fe2O3) with a saturation magnetization of 50 emu/g.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The present research was comprised of a complex of studies performed with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 17-73-20097 (the ceramic nuclear fuel section); a grant of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists, project no. MK-177.2017.3 (bioactive ceramics section); and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 16-33-00986-mol_а (magnetic ceramics section).

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  1. Institute of Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia

    E. K. Papynov, O. O. Shichalin, M. A. Medkov, D. N. Grishchenko, I. A. Tkachenko, A. V. Golub, I. Yu. Buravlev, I. G. Tananaev & V. A. Avramenko

  2. Far Eastern Federal University, 690091, Vladivostok, Russia

    E. K. Papynov, O. O. Shichalin, A. N. Fedorets, V. S. Pechnikov, I. Yu. Buravlev, I. G. Tananaev & V. A. Avramenko

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Papynov, E.K., Shichalin, O.O., Medkov, M.A. et al. Spark Plasma Sintering of Special-Purpose Functional Ceramics Based on UO2, ZrO2, Fe3O4/α-Fe2O3. Glass Phys Chem 44, 632–640 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659618060159

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