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[February 2003]
Tenth World Round Table Conference on Sintering
The Tenth World Round Table Conference on Sintering was held from 3-6 September 2002 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. These conferences are traditionally organised by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA) and the International Institute for the Science of Sintering (IISS) quaternary. Dejan Medakovic, President of SASA and Momcili Ristic, President of the IISS, officially opened the conference.Around 120 papers were presented at the event, with the topics of the conference being:
• Fundamentals
• Nanoparticles and nanotechnology
• Powder synthesis and processing
• Sintered advanced materials
• Evolution of the microstructure
• Properties of sintered materialsProblems of liquid phase sintering, nanostructured materials, sintering of oxide nanopowders, mechanochemical methods of oxide powder synthesis, designing of boron carbide based cermets, dielectric ceramics for LTCC technology and grain size effect in doped barium titanate were discussed within plenary lectures.
Current trends in 3D visualisation of liquid bridges during liquid phase sintering, electron aspect of structure formation in transition metal alloys, the development of property-microstructure diagrams and synthesis of biomaterials were also discussed.
Many papers presented regarding nanomaterials were dealing with the possibilities of sintering these materials in respect to further development. New achievements in the field of mechanical activation of dispersed materials, which represent a great contribution to the fundamental understanding of the essence of activated sintering, gave a new insight to practical aspects of this process.
Solving problems in the field of functional sintered materials were presented in papers regarding silicon nitride, barium titanate, ferrites, amorphous alloys, metal-ceramics systems etc.
Properties and structure of sintered materials were thoroughly discussed, which gave a unique contribution to the definition of the relationship in the triad 'synthesis-structure-development'.
There were 145 participants from 16 countries world-wide. Articles presented at the conference will be published in a proceedings volume entitled 'Science of Sintering - Current Problems and New Trends' during 2003.
ENDS