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The Evolution of Vermicular Structures and Sintering Behavior of Alumina

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Cellular Automata (ACRI 2022)

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The evolution of microstructure of the precursor particles during the sintering of ceramic materials has been assessed by a cellular automaton model in which the only physical consideration for the evolution of the system is to minimize the interface energy among the cells and the interface energy alumina-air. The model reproduces qualitatively the vermicular microstructural patterns observed in actual partially-sintered alumina powders for different heat treatments. Moreover, a successful comparison between porosity computed data and experimental data was performed.

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This research was financed by project PGC2018-094952-B-I00 (INTRACER) from FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación – Agencia Estatal de Investigación, and by project P20_01121 (FRAC) from the Consejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades (Junta de Andalucía). Special action I.9 from the VI-PPITUS (Universidad de Sevilla). M. G-S. acknowledges European Social Fund from the Empleo Juvenil European Plan.

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  1. Dept. Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012, Sevilla, Spain

    Francisco Jiménez-Morales, Pedro Rivero-Antúnez, Manuela González-Sánchez, Laura Garrido-Regife & Víctor Morales-Flórez

  2. Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales ICMS (CSIC-US), Av. Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain

    Pedro Rivero-Antúnez & Víctor Morales-Flórez

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Jiménez-Morales, F., Rivero-Antúnez, P., González-Sánchez, M., Garrido-Regife, L., Morales-Flórez, V. (2022). The Evolution of Vermicular Structures and Sintering Behavior of Alumina. In: Chopard, B., Bandini, S., Dennunzio, A., Arabi Haddad, M. (eds) Cellular Automata. ACRI 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13402. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14926-9_14

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