Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite submissions to a Special Issue of Materials titled “Powder Metallurgy: Materials and Processing”, the focus of which is the fundamental and applied aspects of materials fabrication by powder metallurgy.

Powder metallurgy has a long and interesting history. The Egyptian iron artefacts were fabricated through a re-carburization process: iron oxide was heated in a reducing fire (charcoal), then iron agglomerates were shaped into dense objects by hot hammering and reheated to induce the interaction with carbon and form steel. In India, both metal powder fabrication and sintering were established by 400 AD. In the 19th century, the production of platinum by powder metallurgy was realized thanks to research conducted by P. G. Sobolevskii and W. H. Wollaston. The fabrication of malleable platinum was described by Sobolevskii in Gornyi Zhurnal (Mining Journal) in 1827. The essence of the process was in the pressing of the platinum sponge into disks followed by their heating under pressure. In 1908, Coolidge developed a long-lasting ductile tungsten filament. It was formed by direct-current sintering of a pressed powder followed by hot working and drawing into a wire.

The powder metallurgy routes offer flexibility for the materials microstructure design, as, during sintering, the major fraction of the material remains in the solid state. At present, with the availability of modern technological equipment and powerful analytical tools, in-depth investigations of the material formation mechanisms operating during sintering are possible. A wide range of materials, including alloys and composites, are currently produced by powder metallurgy to achieve new levels of properties and performance.

The topics to be covered in this Issue include, but are not limited to:

• Selection of sintering parameters for achieving desired microstructures and properties;
• Microstructure formation mechanisms in sintered materials, including reactively sintered materials;
• The influence of the powder morphology and microstructure on their sintering behavior;
• Characterization of interfaces in sintered materials;
• Sintered metals, alloys, and composites with attractive mechanical and thermophysical properties;
• Structural and functional materials produced by powder metallurgy—new approaches to microstructure control;
• Advanced sintering methods, including spark plasma sintering;
• Comparative investigations of materials obtained by different powder sintering/consolidation methods.

We hope to receive high-quality articles, communications, and reviews reporting advancements in the fascinating field of powder metallurgy.

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Dina Dudina
Dr. Arina V. Ukhina
Guest Editors

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• powder metallurgy
• conventional sintering
• spark plasma sintering
• hot pressing
• microstructure
• grain growth
• interface
• grain boundary
• metals
• alloys
• composites

• Powder Metallurgy: Materials and Processing II in Materials (3 articles)