Simulation Technologies Related to the Process Design of Non-firing Solidified Ceramics

Abstract

A non-firing solidification method using surface-activated ceramic powders with mechanochemical treatment and solidified without a high-temperature sintering process has been studied in our group. In this method, the surfaces of ceramic particles are activated by grinding, and this activated state is used as a driving force to bond the particles together. It is essential to computationally understand the mechanical activation and solidification processes in the non-firing process at various molecular and bulk scales. This paper first outlines the differences between the non-firing solidification process and the conventional sintering process. Next, we introduce our simulation results of the non-firing solidification process and discuss future prospects.